Janet Kaiser on sat 30 jun 01
> Is that how clay fame occurs I wonder.......
> one good show, one outrageous bit of p.r. ...
> and the rep is made forever......
Yup! You got it one, Joyce! SOMETIMES...
One show, one big buyer, one article in a glossy
magazine, one... (better not say it on a family time
list).
The worst part is when this claim to fame is not
founded in the work being "discovered" but has a great
deal to do with the person being promoted or promoting
themselves... It often has more to do with publicity
and the outside world than with the integrity of the
work. I have seen it time and time again...
(We all know the hard route to fame and fortune many
have had, I am just talking about the "lucky few" who
have rocketed into stardom on a wink and a nod).
For example, I know of a "name" in glass here in the
UK. She no longer works in glass and has not for some
years (I think she became an air stewardess or
something) but you see the same pieces on exhibition
time and time again, even in international exhibitions
and magazines. There were even some rumours at one time
(and this is real gossip) that she had not made the
work herself. It miraculously appeared at various
times, but no one saw her making it!! (Rumour, fact or
sour grapes?).
No new work, yet the NAME is still working... Must earn
a lot off the exhibition fees. Still referred to in
articles, etc. First rate publicist, invested in high
quality photographs by another "name" when still at
college, used her social contacts, befriended a big
gallery macho, etc. etc...
Naturally not in the Dale Chihuly league, but still
quite sickening enough for working glass artists
struggling to get their careers going, but who have to
hear how wonderful so-and-so*s work is!
Janet Kaiser - Following a very short visit by a group
from the USA (including several Clay Arters) on their
way to Aberystwyth... Apparently one was amazed I am so
quietly spoken! I guess she was expecting someone with
horns and a tail... Ho! Hum! Yes, reputation is a
strange animal...
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