Art in Carmel: The Not-So-Good, The Bad and the Badder

Posted on September 1, 2009

Moseying ’round Carmel, California Saturday, I wondered how its tourist trap economy could survive when one of its major exports is cheese-ball art. There are often three or four stores selling similar product in a single block. But then, it doesn’t take too many sales to make the monthly nut. The Golden Gate Bridge picture below was priced at $47 thousand (Psst! I can sell you the real thing for half that). I didn’t bother to price the Statue of Liberty (Psst! I’ll toss that in a half-price). Does Carmel have any figures on its GAP, its Gross Artistic Product?