tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12363995.post7182798192381807126..comments2009-07-14T09:53:05.451-04:00Edward_http://www.blogger.com/profile/00110804435781673357noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12363995.post-83543061905340193492009-07-14T09:46:51.585-04:002009-07-14T09:46:51.585-04:00oooh great images...I can almost feel the heat with my eyes. When people talk about art having the power to transport you, this is what they&#39;re talking about.Dalennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12363995.post-35253277296343785922009-07-13T22:31:38.840-04:002009-07-13T22:31:38.840-04:00I have to admit, the logic of Saturday closings escapes me somewhat, as it means that people who work through the week or come into the city from out of town have less opportunity to see the exhibits or for that matter buy. But I suppose if the assumption is that most folks wandering around Chelsea on a Saturday are just treating the area as a big free museum, or if the main business of a gallery is conducted during the week and the public visiting the spaces is at best secondary, then the Saturday closings make more sense. As is was, a walk around the area this past Saturday was basically a waste, only a few places being open, and some that were closed not even posting their summer hours on their websites or phone messages.<br /><br />Still, the whole “best collector summering in Aspen” thing rubs me somewhat the wrong way, suggesting as it does that collecting art is solely the domain of the very rich, and those of us with more limited budgets might as well stay away. And I have to question whether in today’s economy that is the most productive attitude for a gallerist to take. In various ways some dealers are starting to realize that encouraging the more impecunious collector may be one way to survive in difficult times. For example, there is Jen Bekman’s 20x200 program and Matthew Langley‘s 246Editions, where inexpensive but high quality prints are sold for very little money. Or I’m thinking of a Chelsea exhibit this past winter where some work was listed at $15,000 or so, but there were also some fine drawings by the same artist for about $200. I stopped in at Ed’s after picking up one of these on an April Saturday and I think he was similarly impressed, both by the quality of the work and the price I paid for it.<br /><br />If a gallerist incurs $20-40K of expenses putting up a show, a piece listing for $200 is like selling a stick of gum. But sticks of gum add up, and, when I bought a very nice $350 etching at Affordable Art a couple of months ago, the dealer said they had sold 25 similar pieces in one day, or close to $9K. And I assume the same kind of thinking is behind EW/S-R’s Compound Editions, where if 100 copies + 10 AP’s of a piece sell for $100 each, the venture pulls in $11K. <br /><br />Walking past a couple of dozen locked galleries this past Saturday, however, I don’t know how many other dealers are thinking in terms of the less well-heeled individual who might be encouraged to build a modest collection if he could buy a piece or two that isn’t listed at 1-2 months of his annual salary. Instead, the message remains more like, &quot;we&#39;re interested only in our &#39;best collectors&#39; who are summering in the Hamptons, and anyone less affluent is just not worth our bother.&quot;Larrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12363995.post-2400142306750811542009-07-11T19:30:40.648-04:002009-07-11T19:30:40.648-04:00Salve, ho avuto modo di visionare alcuni suoi lavori, trovandoli<br />interessanti.<br />Il suo contatto è stato preso dalla rivista Art Diary<br />2009.<br />Le vorrei segnalare il premio OpenArt 2010 giunto alla VII<br />edizione.<br />Il premio OpenArt si svolgerà nel mese di gennaio 2010 presso<br />le sale del bramante a piazza del Popolo a Roma.<br />In allegato troverà il<br />bando del concorso e la scheda di adesione.<br />Inoltre la invito a<br />visitare il sito www.marguttarte.com all&#39;interno del quale troverà<br />anche foto e video della scorsa edizione<br /><br />Grazie<br />Gianluca Morabito per<br />OpenArt 2010<br />3480537611<br />gianlucamorabito@virgilio.itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com