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Custom License Plates are on the Move!
26Apr
License Plates are becoming more than just metal on your car. For artist Michael Kalish, they are the added value to his art masterpieces. For Delaware residents, a cult fascination with low digit license plates has transitioned into thousands of dollars.
An Investment That Moves – The lower the number, the higher the price!
How much would you pay for a status symbol? In Delaware, custom license plates have been the hype since they started issuing license plates over a century ago. Having a low digit license plate comes with a high price. Driving around with a $675,000 license plate in public could be risky. What type of screws are being used to hold this chunk of change in place and to make sure it does not get stolen while parked? It’s said the number on your license plate is more important than the type of car you drive. However, I do not expect to see a $675,000 license plate on a $12,000 Kia. Or would the custom low digit license plate just add to the already popular tuner community? People invest thousands of dollars to tune-up their cars with neon lights, blackouts, paint jobs, custom body kits, and racing wheels. What’s another $100,000 custom license plate addition?
While in Delaware, it’s all about protecting the value of the license plate but for artist Michael Kalish it’s all about distorting the beauty of the license plates. Kalish has seen far beyond the idea of collecting every states license plates. His signature medium, the license plate, or as Kalish refers to them as “the thumbprints of automobiles,” allows each piece to embrace Kalish’s ideals with his own sophistication, imagery and creative style. Kalish’s work has been in exhibitions varying from International museums and galleries to include The United States Embassy in Moscow, The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Guggenheim Las Vegas, the windows of Barneys New York, Arvesta Museum and Riverside Art Museum in the historic Mission Inn District of Riverside, California. His passion for plates started soon after college when he started collecting. He then turned his passion into art with dimension. Allowing one piece of art to tell many stories with plates from all over the country. He definetly has an eye for creative, artistic perfection. However, there is one catch…he is color blind!! Visit www.michaelkalish.com for unbelievable license plate art work from Michael Kalish.
Make sure to send us your custom license plate photos to our Hall Automotive Facebook fan page at http://www.facebook.com/HallAutomotive. Simply become a fan and upload your image. How creative did you get expressing yourself through your license plate (or one you’ve seen)?