I read an article on The
Washington Free Beacon website titled, “Finding the Essence of Art
Review: ConstantinBrancusi Sculptures at the Museum of Modern Art”, by Emily Ferguson. I bit and clicked on the article because of
the title, “Finding the Essence of Art”.
Well, I’m always on the hunt to find a way to be showing my work in
galleries and museums. As I see it, of
course knowing the essence of art will help me do that. And this guy, Constantin Brancusi, had some
cool pieces too – I remembered a couple from when I was an undergrad (work we
discussed in a class). I loved the very
first sentence in the article, “Watching two people argue about art is like
watching two people try to ice-skate uphill.”
I was like, “yup”. The rest of
the article was good but more review than finding essence really. A good review though – better than the stuff
I write and call a review. But I did revisit
some since of what has been bugging me ever since I changed majors back in 2012
to become an art major rather than a finance major. I’m not on a quest to get rich – it’s why the
finance major became a business minor.
All I really want to do is make a good living (like make what I make now
in my non-art job) being an artist.
That’s all. So, what’s been
bugging me is selling my work or rather me not selling my work – this doesn’t go
the way I want it to unless I’m selling my work. Ok, you’re like, “what does this have to do
with the article you read?” You should
read the article and gleam that for yourself.
It was interesting but this is not about that. This is about art (pause) work. I need to move the needle on sales so I can
get to where I want to go with my art work.
Maybe chasing the gallery thing may not be for me. I need my own customer list. I need to control the promotion of my
work. I need to be in charge of the
operation, the business, that I am pursuing. I need to figure out the essence
of my grind, my hustle – how I should be putting in work. I’m moving into a world where perceived value
is viewed as actual value and I need to understand that and adjust accordingly.
This is an example of AP print of the Window Pain series (yes, pain not pane), part of the Victor Valley Project. It is a 13” x 13” chromogenic print, cross processed, medium format, matted in a 16” x 23” frame. This will be for sell soon.
