mel jacobson on wed 17 dec 03
remember, there are many fine
craft and gift galleries and stores.
they seem to treat potters
as humans.
it is the `ART` galleries that i
have issue with..that is what
david just experienced.
those that think that they are far
above and wonderful. they deal
in `fine art`.
and, don't get me started on what
i have to look at most of the time in
those places.
make a pig puke.
anyway.
anyone think i am over\ reacting?
at least i say what i think.
and, i have had almost 70 years
training dealing with those dorks.
mel
From:
Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S.A.
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or try: http://www.pclink.com/melpots
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Krista Peterson on thu 18 dec 03
Here Here! I don't have a whole lot of experience with galleries but I have=
painter friends who have had nothing but trouble with them. They are const=
antly complaining about missing paintings, long over due payment and when t=
hey finally get that payment it is less than they expected. I tried to get =
into some galleries in Santa Fe for a time. First I found that in a town wi=
th over 500 galleries there were MAYBE 10 that even dealt with contemporary=
ceramics(not Indian pottery). Then I went into a few of those and found th=
at the gallery owner or whom ever was running the gallery at the time did n=
ot know anything about ceramics or pottery. I think it's VERY important tha=
t whoever is trying to sell your work should know a little something about =
the process. I think that artists should ask to see the gallery owners resu=
me when searching for a gallery to represent you and your work. Money and l=
ots of rich friends does not necessarily make a good gallery owner. It woul=
d be nice if art/ceramic programs taught their students about running a gal=
lery and business(this is my number 1 rant). Maybe then we'll all just have=
our own damn galleries and cut out the middle man. There! I've said it.
=20
-----Original Message-----
From: mel jacobson
Sent: Dec 17, 2003 10:41 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: galleries/the difference
remember, there are many fine
craft and gift galleries and stores.
they seem to treat potters
as humans.
it is the `ART` galleries that i
have issue with..that is what
david just experienced.
those that think that they are far
above and wonderful. they deal
in `fine art`.
and, don't get me started on what
i have to look at most of the time in
those places.
make a pig puke.
anyway.
anyone think i am over\ reacting?
at least i say what i think.
and, i have had almost 70 years
training dealing with those dorks.
mel
From:
Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S.A.
web site: my.pclink.com/~melpots
or try: http://www.pclink.com/melpots
new/ http://www.rid-a-tick.com
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Kathy Forer on thu 18 dec 03
A lot of galleries simply can't deal with objects. I recently took two
pieces, one only 10.5" x 12" x 4" and the other 19" x 17" x 6.5", to a
Holiday show. The big one weighed about 80 pounds and the dealer
carried it himself up four flights of stairs, then found a base for
each piece, sizing each base at about double the piece's footprint.
Then found really nice spots for them and lit them well. That is so
unusual! (I'm still melting ...though I haven't gotten a definite date
for the February tentative show.)
So often gallerists/dealers don't have the energy or won't take the
trouble to cope with "stuff." I've been turned down without a gallery
having even seeing my work, just hearing that it's not painting or
paper. Some who glanced at the work in slides balked when they finally
understood the material issue, saying "oh, I thought you were a
painter!" (My work is clay relief sculpture and could possibly,
cursorily be interpreted as painting of some sort.)
So it's not just "pots" that garner discrimination. It's all that
frangible tangibility.
Kathy Forer
http://www.kforer.com/
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