Monday, February 7, 2011
The Art Market?
Caroll Michels is the author of How To Survive and Prosper as an Artist and in her book she says "If I had my way I would replace commercial galleries with a system in which artists exhibited work in their studios and sold it directly to the public"- she then goes goes on to say-" such a system could work only if artists acquired enough self-confidence not to need gallery validation and if the public, likewise had the self-confidence necessary to buy work without gallery validation."She finishes her claim by saying that "those events won't take place in her lifetime and that the only way to to change it is to regulate the business practices of galleries."
My question to the reader: Is this statement true, and if it is how can it be changed?
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The statement to me as some truth to it,for only if the artist as the selfesteem within them self to promote their art work and have confidence within the work they do.Only then will it work.(hence artist rely on the galleries to much to sell their product).
ReplyDeleteHey Andrew, thank you for introducing me to Milton Glaser and all of his fine art & designs.
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