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Do you know this to be true? Most artists that I know, which is most people I know, struggle with as many work-related distractions as I do. My sanctioned offic
by jmilloy 5y ago
Do you know this to be true? Most artists that I know, which is most people I know, struggle with as many work-related distractions as I do. My sanctioned office distractions at least "count" to my employer (I get paid for that time).
- mritchie712 5y agoyeah, there someone still needs to sell the art. I'd imagine it's the artist until you're a massive success.
- whiddershins 5y agoNo amount of success insulates you from tons of annoying and tasks and interactions. The only way to insulate yourself from that would be to be completely unsuccessful. But then you would have to be either extremely poor, which is exhausting, or make/have money another way, which is likely to be a huge distraction. There is really no solving for this.
- focus2020 5y agoDonKnuth comes to mind.
- xapata 5y agoNo, generally that's the gallerist's job. They take 50% of the revenue.
- hanche 5y agoBut first the artist has to get a gallery to show his work.
- mritchie712 5y agoexactly, I'd imagine artists spend a good bit of their time schlepping around convincing galleries to display their work.
- xapata 5y agoThere's a big difference between "massive success" and having a gallery show. Once you have a decent relationship with a gallery, if you don't care so much about money you can just let the gallery handle that side of things. A friend of mine has been a professional painter for the last 50-ish years. He makes a couple trips a year to the gallery to deliver paintings. The gallerist tries to take that chance to suggest a few motifs that seem to sell better, but doesn't get too pushy.