Life is what it is compared to other lives. That is what it is. It doesn’t mean anything on it’s own, it needs a scale. There was this moment somebody asked me about the price of a painting. The price was too high. I didn’t sell it and I was wondering why I named the number I did. My conclusion was that I didn’t want to sell it. I didn’t want to let go of this spiritual moment of creation and I didn’t like the idea that this moment was transformed into a decorative piece in an office building. I didn’t like the concept that my work represents a reasonable amount of money and in that sense was not special anymore but commodity in the art market. I always think that art is about life and death because my own mortality drives me into making art. I realized that I was holding back and was blocking opportunities so I came up with the idea to make a new art piece about it that was made for selling my work. I made a giant scale.

The idea of For what it is worth is to sell my work by the kilo as you buy vegetables on the market. I set the price on a hundred euros a kilo. And for weights I used pieces of concrete tiles and pieces of painted wood. It’s a very basic scale and a very basic price. Ceramics are heavy and in this way the materialistic side is emphasized. People could choose a sculpture that they like. Many were on display in the installation. And if they found something of there likings I weigh it for them. If they accepted the price I wrapped it up and the deal was made!