Matthew L.
Yelp
If I had to pick one word to describe Gagosian Gallery, it would have to be "pure class."
Anyone with highly sophisticated tastes, looking to see and purchase the art world's latest offerings in distinguished style, needs to check this place out. They've got something for everyone: photographs, paintings, abstractions, nudes, even conceptual art. You name it, and odds are you can find it at Gagosian. All cutting edge, all contemporary, and all priced to impress your friends.
Now I know what you're thinking: "I'm living on top. I've got the luxury condo. I've got the sports car. I've got the boat. I've got a closet full of the finest Italian suits. And, most importantly, I've got the babes. Why do I need all that Contemporary Art?"
I hear your concerns, but take it from me (and from some old manuscript they sold at Sotheby's recently), the times-they-are-a-changing. It requires a great deal more to show your wealth and sophistication amongst the world's ultra-rich elite these days. If you want to keep up with the top 86, you're going to need some Contemporary Art.
Just look at The Donald. One day he's at the top of the luxury game, the next he's hocking grade C beef to every millionaire street urchin that comes his way. Before you know it, he's standing behind a podium shouting at all those filthy, stinking 99-percenters. It's a disgusting shame. The guy had so much class but couldn't keep up with the market. I used to admire The Donald, but now I've got a new guy: The Larry.
Larry Gagosian is a guy who's got it all: mansions, sushi joints, fast cars, boa constrictors, and parties with Bono....all thanks to the panache he has shown in making Art into an Empire. The Larry has done more to display his entrepreneurial talents by snapping up the hottest young artists, throwing some long-dead guys onto his list, and engineering a global profit machine than just about anyone else in the game today. The selection of works that The Larry has put together - or "curated" as they say in the art biz - is 100% top notch. Everything on display reeks of refinement, sophistication, and perhaps a touch of the provocative. And it can all be yours.
Let's say you want a nice black and white photograph; rich tonalities, female figures, sensuous curves, just a touch racy, printed really big to fill an entire wall; check out Peter Lindbergh. Or maybe you want something a little more classical; a nice voluptuous Rubens or something? Don't waste your time hunting down an old masterpiece. The Larry can get you Jeff Koons' version of that same painting; just as big and sexy as the original, plus he'll throw in a nice blue mirror ball for a touch of pizzazz. Or if you want something real cutting edge, try getting yourself some nice conceptual art; with a Richard Prince you can have all the alluring glamour of a gorgeous, smoking hot supermodel pic, plus some captions from the artist himself to add a "sick psychic-artistic transubstantiation" to the art. (That last bit is compliments of The Larry's good buddy Jerry.) And that's just a few of the artists from the dozens that The Larry has to offer.
I haven't even gotten to the fact that The Larry can provide you with dishes, skis or bookshelves all featuring the seductive appeal of a Warhol, Basquiat or Murakami. But I think you get my point. This place has nothing but the finest, most luxurious artworks to show your distinction and tastefulness. Gagosian Gallery is a class act of the highest caliber. If The Larry doesn't offer it, I'll have to pay someone to get it for me, because I don't want to buy it.