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Artists tend to be in art production mode or sales mode. When in sales mode and doing exhibitions, etc., good ones are very responsive. They work for a a year,
by sroussey 2y ago
Artists tend to be in art production mode or sales mode. When in sales mode and doing exhibitions, etc., good ones are very responsive.
They work for a a year, or maybe several, then there are sales to be had over the corse of a month or so. The work they are selling is finished.
Would you work on something for years, and then when the time comes to maybe sell it — not answer the phone?
- ranit 2y agoPeople that work at art galleries are not artists.
- vector_spaces 2y agoThe bit in the article about email responsiveness concerned artists
- tayo42 2y agodepends on the gallery, some make you work a shift if you want to sell your art there
- pbhjpbhj 2y agoNot professional artists (in the UK)? Curation is a separate skill, and you're paying through the nose for the gallery's services, usually.
- tayo42 2y agoit depends, but i tried to sell my paintings at local galleries and some wanted me to do things like that
- pbhjpbhj 2y agoAre you a professional [earning most of your money through your art]? Which country do you live in please? I've only seen the self-curation from community groups. I'm all for collectives but I'm pretty sure the professional artists I know would say it gives off budget/desperate vibes and so it's something you can't afford to do if you aspire to 'make it [big]'. {I express myself through overuse of parentheses and through runon sentences...}
- space_oddity 2y agoThough they do play a crucial role in selling and promoting the art