SG MAG JAN 2019 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 multi-millionaires. 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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