It does come off as an impassioned rant. I think his heart's in the right place. I love the part where he throws his own publication into the fire at the end too. Something must have put a burr under his saddle. On some levels he's right but where someone chooses to draw the line with business relationships is their business. Even consignments can be problematic if the consignee is paying %'age for selling space, a bad gallery could end up owning the work after a year if that's what's in the contract. But what's the difference if a gallery sells something for double what you were going to sell it the studio for anyway? If you're happy and they're happy what's the loss? But all the power to anyone who can command a gallery price in the studio too. I walked though the Birchwood Gallery on Taylor Ave. a couple of days ago. A few nice pieces but one the whole a pretty depressing place. I can't say it's a business I'd want to be in. As I clutched my Dollarama bag in one hand (fyi: cheap plastic squeeze bottles for holding paint or gels) the clerk clearly took me for a "local" and not a tourist. They rely on selling prints and framing to stay in business. That's reality. They have to sell Jim Daly paintings too which in my opinion are second only to Kinkades on the schlock-o-meter. To quote Wolf Kahn "(they) make me want to puke". One has to admit there is a certain common denominator with the buying public who want classic realism dripping with Americana nostalgia...and will pay top dollar for it, would I go so far as to say the schlock is in someway subsidising or funding the good stuff -- God I hope not!
I warn you. When I poked fun at Ken Danby on this blog, he died! Then I felt all guilty. There is a movie on Kinkade, and I recomend it for a good Christmas movie (as puky as his paintings, haha).
Komar and Melamid studies point to the fact that the general public has a validity in their taste, albeit a rather uninformed one. Who doesn't dream of blue skies and natural splendor from time to time. It is quite common to mix that and your taste for art, as most people at least get the fact that it is an alternate reality, they choose one they can imagine easily, and ...is nice. That answer is far too simplistic for some of us with higher expectations of art, but still a perfectly valid use. In my opinion the Schlock and the goodstuff are in perfect union, working together.
Hah! That video is funny. The first thing I thought, okay, this guy has been burned(pun?) by some gallery guy.
I can say I've been burned by a gallery before, but really, who hasn't? And the pros side of this is that I've had some good dealings too.
Paying is playing, invites/flyers/food...I dunno, what else? It's more about renting the space to show your work than it is to have a gallery propel you into the nether reaches of the art world with their....mailing list of 50 people? Harhar.
I guess it all depends on who you're dealing with and where the money is going, eh?
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I can't take him seriously.
It does come off as an impassioned rant. I think his heart's in the right place. I love the part where he throws his own publication into the fire at the end too. Something must have put a burr under his saddle. On some levels he's right but where someone chooses to draw the line with business relationships is their business. Even consignments can be problematic if the consignee is paying %'age for selling space, a bad gallery could end up owning the work after a year if that's what's in the contract. But what's the difference if a gallery sells something for double what you were going to sell it the studio for anyway? If you're happy and they're happy what's the loss? But all the power to anyone who can command a gallery price in the studio too. I walked though the Birchwood Gallery on Taylor Ave. a couple of days ago. A few nice pieces but one the whole a pretty depressing place. I can't say it's a business I'd want to be in. As I clutched my Dollarama bag in one hand (fyi: cheap plastic squeeze bottles for holding paint or gels) the clerk clearly took me for a "local" and not a tourist. They rely on selling prints and framing to stay in business. That's reality. They have to sell Jim Daly paintings too which in my opinion are second only to Kinkades on the schlock-o-meter. To quote Wolf Kahn "(they) make me want to puke". One has to admit there is a certain common denominator with the buying public who want classic realism dripping with Americana nostalgia...and will pay top dollar for it, would I go so far as to say the schlock is in someway subsidising or funding the good stuff -- God I hope not!
I warn you. When I poked fun at Ken Danby on this blog, he died! Then I felt all guilty. There is a movie on Kinkade, and I recomend it for a good Christmas movie (as puky as his paintings, haha).
Komar and Melamid studies point to the fact that the general public has a validity in their taste, albeit a rather uninformed one. Who doesn't dream of blue skies and natural splendor from time to time. It is quite common to mix that and your taste for art, as most people at least get the fact that it is an alternate reality, they choose one they can imagine easily, and ...is nice. That answer is far too simplistic for some of us with higher expectations of art, but still a perfectly valid use. In my opinion the Schlock and the goodstuff are in perfect union, working together.
CODPIECE!!
I wonder if this guy paid his cameraman?!
Hah! That video is funny. The first thing I thought, okay, this guy has been burned(pun?) by some gallery guy.
I can say I've been burned by a gallery before, but really, who hasn't? And the pros side of this is that I've had some good dealings too.
Paying is playing, invites/flyers/food...I dunno, what else? It's more about renting the space to show your work than it is to have a gallery propel you into the nether reaches of the art world with their....mailing list of 50 people? Harhar.
I guess it all depends on who you're dealing with and where the money is going, eh?
This guy's body language is intense.
I like him.
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