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a short comic strip. click to make it bigger. I have no idea what i’m doing.
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drink dietcoke and eat mentos. This guy does it too.
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No need to blog when the comments have been so fun, read those! The violence isn’t necessary, but in the end, it’s an interesting discussion, I think. Right or wrong, or neither, we’ll still keep doing it our way.
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Next round of art talks. Anonymous said… Well, I think that last comment pretty much sums up why some people don’t want to take a number, and wait in line with a bunch of potentially really awful people that would take advantage of an online dialogue to say something that you would never dare to say in person. As an older working person, I find that I don’t always enjoy being at an opening that is populated mainly by much younger people, and I can rarely make it to openings. I was not that “bitch” and I wasn’t there, and I was trying to point out that if you are a gallery, you are there to make a profit, ultimately, if you want to survive. So you can be as high and mighty as you want about it, but in the end, you need the people with the money, not the people who are so busy being against the establishment that they’ll never be able to buy anything other than a $20 Post-It. I don’t excuse that woman being rude, but I’m willing to bet that she has been to many shows, and experienced many disappointments as a result of galleries that are not able or willing to accomodate the interested buyers. Am I wrong in thinking that this is art that hopes to survive, be taken seriously, and provide a living to its creators? Of course, that’s why I said we have a responsibility to our artists and customers. I mentioned many careers we have helped, and those are just a few. In the case of 1200 post its at $20, we can’t cater to the wealthy or to just anyone who raises a stink. We’ve been in business for 12 years, more than 3 in the gallery business, and we are one of the early places for “low brow” art to show in a store setting. I think you’re way off base, and don’t know the history of what we do. That aside, I think you are condescending and I think maybe you need to think about yourself and less about my post. Also, awful people could also include that woman. Our event was professional and orderly. It wasn’t bad, the person who posted the “harsh” comment, probably didn’t come to our show. It is collected by and shown in museums, and no one is labeling it “low brow” to keep it out of the “real art” world. That reveals a complete lack of understanding of the art market, and what many museums and galleries are about. And many of those people that are collecting are not able to do it in person; we rely on the galleries to keep us informed of shows, and honor the system of a buyer’s list. I don’t like anyone getting skipped ahead of me, but I don’t like thinking that any gallery would refuse to sell someone art because they simply don’t like them. We didn’t do this. She left! I...
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