The True Value of Art––Framework for Cultural Stewardship
A policy-oriented framework proposing criteria for discussing intrinsic value beyond market price, grounded in authorship integrity and continuity of practice.
Editorial Staff
Oval Parody—Print Edition Production
Process documentation recorded to establish authorship, provenance, and continuity at the point of production.
Marfa Field Record: Non-Circulatory Production
This entry documents process materials produced in Marfa, Texas, under conditions of material constraint and deliberate non-circulation. The work is preserved as evidentiary record, prioritizing method, material response, and authorship over exhibition or market visibility.
Introducing Primary Process Materials Into the Public Record
This entry introduces primary process materials into the public record as evidentiary support for authorship, method, and provenance. These artifacts correct prior omissions, establish continuity, and reinforce the cultural record through structured archival governance.
LOST, 1996
Installed as a dense field of publicly authored messages, LOST underscores communication produced out of necessity rather than style: images intended to function, not to perform, positioning Brunetti’s work within a lineage of conceptual engagement with everyday visual culture.
Untitled (Seven-Headed Cobra Working Proof)––Produced at Brand X Editions, New York
On October 15, 2025, Erik Brunetti signed and approved the first print edition produced at Brand X Editions in Long Island City, New York. The printer’s documentation records the work under the title Untitled.
Karl Stirner & Erik Brunetti––A Record from the Easton Studio
In 2014, a set of photographs was taken at the Easton residence and studio of Karl Stirner. Captured during a visit by Erik Brunetti, the images document an encounter between two artists separated by generation but closely aligned in temperament and friendship.