Posts Tagged ‘Help Desk’

Help Desk: Juried Shows

Henry Taylor, Another Wrong, 2013. Acrylic on canvas, 116 x 75 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches

Help Desk is an arts-advice column that demystifies practices for artists, writers, curators, collectors, patrons, and the general public. Submit your questions anonymously here. All submissions become the property of Daily Serving. I am a painter who recently graduated from art school but haven’t had much gallery experience and I was interested in submitting work to some juried shows as a way of gaining some experience[…..]

Help Desk: Lazy Art Critic

Francesco Vezzoli, installation view of Olga Forever! The Olga Picasso Family Album at Almine Rech Gallery

Help Desk is an arts-advice column that demystifies practices for artists, writers, curators, collectors, patrons, and the general public. Submit your questions anonymously here. All submissions become the property of Daily Serving. An art critic who writes for local newspaper recently approached me. He wants to review a recent show I installed at a local gallery. He is essentially asking me to provide him with my[…..]

Help Desk: Gallery Contract

Birgit Jürgenssen, “Untitled,” 1978-1979. SX-70 Polaroid. Unframed: 10.5 x 8.7 cm / 4 1/8 x 3 3/8 ins, Framed: 34 x 29 cm / 13 3/8 x 11 3/8 ins. © The Estate of Birgit Jürgenssen. Courtesy Alison Jacques Gallery, London.

Help Desk is an arts-advice column that demystifies practices for artists, writers, curators, collectors, patrons, and the general public. Submit your questions anonymously here. All submissions become the property of Daily Serving. I was invited to be in a group show outside of my home state. I don’t know the owner (who found my work online) and I’d never heard of the gallery before, but it[…..]

Help Desk: Art Consultant

R. H. Quaytman, Passing Through The Opposite of What It Approaches, Chapter 25, 2012. Tempera and silkscreen inks, gesso on wood

Help Desk is an arts-advice column that demystifies practices for artists, writers, curators, collectors, patrons, and the general public. Submit your questions anonymously here. All submissions become the property of Daily Serving. I want to know more about standards for art consultant/artist relationships that develop without a gallery being involved. I tried to look it up online and everything, of course, was all over the place[…..]

Help Desk: A Uniform Presentation

Paul Chan, Volumes - inncompleteset (detail), 2012. Each: oil on fabric, paper, and cardboard, dimensions variable

Help Desk is an arts-advice column that demystifies practices for artists, writers, curators, collectors, patrons, and the general public. Submit your questions anonymously here. All submissions become the property of Daily Serving. My question concerns the issue of a “signature style” and the importance of projecting an image of consistency (particularly on one’s personal website). I’ve done a lot of different things, and tend to work[…..]

Help Desk: To Print or Not to Print

Illuminated, 2012. Oil, oil stick, spray paint, and acrylic on panel, 96 x 96 inches

Help Desk is an arts-advice column that demystifies practices for artists, writers, curators, collectors, patrons, and the general public. Submit your questions anonymously here. All submissions become the property of Daily Serving. I am a painter with good gallery representation. There seems to be public interest in the work I make and I am sometimes asked about prints or reproductions. As a printmaker, I don’t like[…..]

Help Desk: Ready for Representation?

Monika Sosnowska, Stairway, 2010.

Help Desk is an arts-advice column that demystifies practices for artists, writers, curators, collectors, patrons, and the general public. Submit your questions anonymously here. All submissions become the property of Daily Serving. When is an artist ready to approach galleries?  I’ve been exhibiting my art for about 5 years with a couple decent solo shows and a few big sales.  It’s not an extensive track record[…..]