MetroArtwork, Contemporary Art Gallery, Launches eBay Store for Largest Collection of Contemporary ArtForum Art Ads for Sale

MetroArtwork launches huge database of art advertisements from 1980 to now from over 700 artists. MetroArtwork, an art gallery selling contemporary art from artists featured in the world's leading museums such as The Guggenheim, MoMA, SFMoMA, The Met, Kunsthalle Bern, Smithsonian, and MCA Chicago and LACMA, as well as featured in leading art galleries such as Gagosian, Blum, Pace, Cheam and Reid, Barbara Gladstone and Mary Boone Gallery.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 17, 2008 -- MetroArwork, a leading art gallery of affordable art, prints and multiples from the worlds leading contemporary artists, has launched a new service, supplying the largest selection of ArtForum printed magazine advertisements to the art community, artists, galleries and art colleges for use as reference material.

MetroArtwork was started by David Ballinger, an avid art collector, who collects contemporary photographers such as Andreas Gursky, Richard Avedon, William Eggleston, Diane Arbus, Nan Goldin, Helmut Newton, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Tiny Barney, Jeff Wall, Robert Mapplethorpe, Candy Hofer, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Mario Testino, Bruce Weber, Herb Ritts, Thomas Struth, and Spencer Tunick.

David Ballinger, who started MetroArtwork as a result of his own art collection and love of modern art and design, used ArtForum magazine advertisements to learn about the art, artists and as reference material for gallery and museum exhibitions. Ballinger commented, 'Long before I was lucky enough to own the artists real works, I would frame the art advertisements because many featured rare images not found in any books or auction catalogues and those would motivate me to replace them with the real deal - it was a great way of learning about the artist and living with the art before committing to larger pieces.'

Following in the mission to bring contemporary art to a broader audience, MetroArtwork features entry level art advertisements from 1980 until now from over 700 contemporary artists including Damien Hirst, Takashi Murakami, Jeff Koons, David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein, Julian Opie, Sol Lewitt, Frank Stella, Antony Gormley, Sigmar Polke, Bruce Nauman, Bill Viola, Gerhard Richter and Al Held.

MetroArtwork also sells hand signed and rare art from the worlds leading contemporary artists. The same artists whose work can be seen in New York's Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Museum Of Modern Art, The Guggenheim, London's Tate Modern Gallery, and Atlanta's High Museum Of Art. Leading artists whose work is featured in major art galleries like White Cube, The Saatchi Gallery, Matthew Marks Gallery, Gagosian Gallery, Whitney Museum Of Art, and Walker Art Center. And the same leading artists that command huge sums at auction houses like Sothebys, Christies, and Bonhams.

MetroArtwork has a unique collection of hundreds of art pieces, from very affordable art advertisements from ArtForum magazine, to art cards, to hand signed exhibition posters, to limited edition lithographs, serigraphs, silkscreens, and fine art photographs.

MetroArtwork- Art Deals From Modern Art Lovers For Modern Art Lovers.

Artwork pricing starts at $9.99 to $2,000.00 (with the majority of art advertisements being $9.99 and rare artwork being below $500) for rare limited edition prints from the worlds leading artists.

For more information visit: MetroArtwork, based in Florida, launches new art website to market limited edition hand signed contemporary artwork, below gallery and market pricing, from the worlds leading contemporary artists.

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