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Things they never tell you until you're IN the art world: an eye-opening experience.
(and give your professors cupcakes and other yummy goodies)
--- 10 Lessons That We Live By:
Lesson 1: It's NOT about skill:
While drawing skills will help out future illustrators, it won't launch a career in gallery work
Lesson 2: The Battle of the Best BS'ers.
Can you bullshit a story behind your piece or give it a good title? You win at life.
Lesson 3: Do you dress odd or have a schizophrenic/borderline or other personality quirks?
The art world shall love ye. You are "unique" in your "non-uniqueness". Make sense? It doesn't.
Lesson 4: Art may not be happy. It must be shocking! In your face, gory, sexual!
Emeril's "Kick it up a notch" taken in major doses
Lesson 5: Regular art materials are so "not-in."
Peanutbutter and bodily fluids are.
Lesson 6: Artists are not "discovered" they are products of a few
The art world has been in a rut for many years. Gallerys choose artists not because they are superb, but because they NEED a new,young face to bring in the crowds. These younguns are then babied along by art critics in reviews even if their work sucks. Critics are often paid by galleries to do this. The art world NEEDS them to bring in the money.
Lesson 7: Gallery's are stores. Plain and simple
A consumer walks in, looks around and buys what they like if they can afford it.
Lesson 8: The art-market vs. the stock market
The art market WINS. It is 7-11% more profitable and has more defineable trends. Think: artists are companies. Invest in the right, new company. You win big. Unfortunately, the artist's work often becomes collateral, stored away until it's the right time to sell.
Lesson 9: There are seven. And they're not dwarves!
There are about 7 incredibly rich(multimillionaires,billionaires) that pretty much control the art world. No specific names, but they greatly influence the nation by what they buy or find "worthy." They are our gods.
Lesson 10: It's all about connections and money.
It's nice to think that talent gaurentees success and recognition, but it doesn't. Connections and money,however, do. If you can't get a public to see your work, you won't get anywhere. It takes money to initially coerce galleries into letting work get shown. Connections, to convince them that your work should be shown. This doesn't just relate to the "gallery art" world, but most art forms. Think of designer fashion. When was the last time you saw a designer who wasn't silver-spoon fed? Who wasn't already a known face in the industry? ::cough:: Can we say?Paris Hilton? ::cough::
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all for now. <3 Jen