Der Unternehmer Hirst erarbeitet seine Werke längst nicht mehr selbst. Er beschäftigte zetweilig bis zu 200 Mitarbeiter. Er vertreibt Hirst-Memorabilia auf seiner Website “Other Criteria.” Er schafft Installationen, fotografiert, produziert Bücher und Musik, vor allem aber ist er Besitzer einer beachtenswerten Kunstsammlung, die mit 100 Millionen Pfund versichert ist.
Sein Schädel indes, für 75 Millionen Euro im Angebot, blieb zunächst liegen. Dabei gab es seine Reihe von Interessenten. Reiche Russen und Araber waren im Gespräch. Popstar George Michael soll um einen zehnprozentigen Discount gebeten haben. Schließlich erhielt eine Investorengruppe den Zuschlag—zu der Damien Hirst selber gehört. Was ihm ein Mitspracherecht darüber eröffnet, wo der Schädel auf Tournee geht und an wen er eventuell weiterverkauft.
Der Platinschädel, bestückt mit 8601 Diamanten mit einem Gesamtgewicht von 1106.18 Karat, ist gleichzeitig Fetisch und Wertanlage, und zwar eine, die sich unabhängig von den launischen Schwankungen des Marktes macht. Der Kunstwert ist hier auf dem Weg in den Rohstoffpreis. Die nächste Stufe ware eine Frachterladung Öl.
The entrepreneur Hirst hasn’t acquired his works himself for a long time. He currently employs up to 200 staff members. He sells Hirst memorabilia on his website “Other Criteria.” He makes installations, takes photographs, and produces books and music, but before all of this he is owner of a remarkable art collection insured at 100 million pounds.
His skull meanwhile, offered for 75 million euro, still remains unsold. In the process, it gave a line of interest. Rich Russians and Arabs were in conversation. Pop star George Michael was supposed to have given a 10 percent discount. In the end it went to an investment group—to which Damien Hirst himself belonged. He holds the right to make decisions over them, including where the skull is exhibited and to whom it eventually will be sold.
The platinum skull, adorned with 8601 diamonds with a total weight of 1106.18 karats, is simultaneously fetish and valuable, actually becoming independent of the capricious fluctuations of the market. The work of art is therefore the price of the raw materials. The next step was a freight load of oil.
Frachterladung Öl -- freight load of oil. Ja, das stimmt. But the 4th word "erarbeitet" is more "creates", "develops" than "acquires", I think. And then it "is simultaneously fetish and investment". And the sentence before the last should be more like: "The value of the artwork here is approaching the price of the raw materials." Aber eine sehr gute Übersetzung!
AntwortenLöschen"In the process, it gave a line of interest." This sentence should rather sound like "However, there was a number of interested (potential buyers).
AntwortenLöschen"Pop star George Michael was supposed to have given a 10 percent discount." Here, the verbal phrase/tense form is producing a reported speech, like a gossip that someone heard, but cannot confirm: "Supposedly, the star George Michael had asked for a 10 percent discount".
"He holds the right to make decisions over them," should start with "Which...." "Which [referring to the previous sentence] gives him a a right to make decisions regarding where the scull is shown and to whom.....".
I agree with Niko that "Wertanlage" means "an investment".
In the last sentence, the verb is in the Subjunctive, so it should read "The next step WOULD BE a freight load of oil".
Gut!!!!