SG MAG JUN 2018 MAIN_1

THESE BOOTS, AS WITH HIS 100 COSMIC ‘X’
PAINTINGS ARE ROCKING THE WORLD!
Internationally renowned charismatic
and rebel American artist Jack
Armstrong,who founded the modern
art style “Cosmic “x”, has created
the world’s most expensive boots;
the “Cosmic Cowboy Boots” with a
price tag of $6M. He painted on his
own pristine 1968 Tony Lama boots,
a brand worn by Harry S. Truman and
favoured by many other Presidents.
Armstrong’s latest Cosmic X project
follows the successes of his “Cosmic
Starship Harley”, the world’s most
expensive Harley Davidson V-Rod,
unveiled and sold for over $3M in
2010 and now back on the market
for $10M, and his “Cosmic Star
Cruiser”, a bicycle launched in 2014
at the prestigious Big Boys Toys,
Dubai. With a price tag of $3M it
attracted the wealthiest people in the world and huge media coverage.
Jack called “The Last Wizard” by his friend Andy Warhol proved it is possible to sell
million dollar art without the top galleries and auction houses he railed against for
years. Around 50% of all art is sold privately today because of the high costs of
these establishments. His ‘sticking the boots in’ is perhaps his ultimate statement
against what he called the art cartel. The majority of talented artists never break
through the establishment wall while those few favoured artists become multimillionaires.
He has promised to help more talented artists break through this barrier.
He vowed to paint only 100 canvases in his lifetime. His unique Cosmic X style of
art combines extreme colors and textures with words that magically appear
throughout each painting when viewed at different angles, his bold signature
often in the center. Around half of his collection is already in private hands. Listed
amongst his collectors are such names as Alice Walton the Walmart Billionaire,
Narenda Patel, a world-famous architect, Donny York of the group Sha Na Na and
Michel Polnareff the famous French singer. His collectors are not eager to sell. This
scarcity factor guarantees an ever-increasing price.
A movie and a PBS documentary are already planned about his life and in 2020
Armstrong is set to launch the world’s most expensive automobile with a price tag
of $100M along with a line of fashionwear. There really is no stopping him!!
These ‘Cosmic Cowboy Boots’ may not be to everyone’s taste and you may ask
why paint them in the first place? “Well Van Gogh painted boots but never his
own. Not many people know that”. These boots may not be meant for walking but
are certainly meant for talking! Armstrong has definitely scored another FIRST!
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