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SEPTEMBER - OCTTOBER 2005
VOLUME ONE ISSUE
THREE
Reporting on all aspects of the art print market
Contents Title:
Painting for Posterity or
Prosperity?.....................1
Decor Expo & ArtExpo
Atlanta 2005
..................2
Art Prints on Aluminum
and Wood
.....................3
To Blog or Not To Blog
.3
Woe to You!..................
4
A question that vexes
visual artists is should
they paint for
commercial success or
to create a museum
bound legacy. If I try to
make my art so people
will buy it, am I selling
out? If I try to make my
art for the ages, can I
live off it now?
Compared to other arts,
visual artists have the
ability to wrest more
control of their careers
Posterity or Prosperity —
Can Artists Have It Both Ways?
artists have more
control over their
careers should they
choose to exercise it.
Mention starving artist
to anyone and the image
conjured is of someone
sitting in tattered
clothes in front of an
easel. Sure, it’s true
waiters in New York
and Los Angeles are
passing time until their
big break, but it’s rare
to think of actors as
starving artists. More
importantly, when they
do make a
breakthrough, no elite
consortium of taste
making arbiters is ready
to knock them down for
being too successful or
making too much
money.
I point out in the August
(continued on page 5)
managers and decision
makers who exercise
enormous control over
the fate of their careers.
The opportunity to
exercise more control is
the upside for visual
artists.
Of course, it’s not that
easy. No artist is going
into any museum
without having some
powerful help to
champion them in. And,
the enigma of how the
than actors, writers and
musicians, especially
those in the print
market. How so? An
artist with the drive and
wherewithal can choose
to self-publish and
effectively and
independently guide his
or her career in the
process. The other arts
are far more reliant on a
host of agents,
more successful an
artist becomes,
particularly one who is
self-published, the more
likely they find
themselves on the outs
with the critics, curators
and opinion makers
who drive decisions on
who is brought into
museums and galleries
comes into play.
Nonetheless, visual
Lake Tahoe, August ‘05
The picture above was
taken from the outside deck
at Jake’s on the Lake in
Tahoe City, California. I’m
blaming it as the reason
this newsletter is late and
combined with October. I
took a week off to vacation
there. No cell phone, no
laptop, no calling the voice
mail. It was the first time in
longer than I can
remember being totally
unplugged from business
for a full week.
My only regret is couldn’t
have stayed longer. I
commend the practice and
location to all who read
this. – Barney Davey
API Publisher
I'd asked around 10 or 15 people
for suggestions. Finally one lady
friend asked the right question,
'Well, what do you love most?'
That's how I started painting
money. – Andy Warhol
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