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art SUCKS

Journal Entry: Wed Nov 28, 2007, 2:51 AM
For the first time in my life I got VIP tickets for an art event. Wait, I got a backstage pass for Wacken... but that was for work ;)

It was the art.fair 21 in Köln where I was invited because my picture "I'm a woman too" won this fancy art award there last year (I didn't get VIP tickets that year though...). But the people there made me feel completely out of place. I felt kinda looked down upon because I seemed to be neither a rich investor nor an art gallery director nor an artist, just a freaky girl who probably slept with someone to get into the VIP lounge. When I brought my dad, the officials were talking to him and ignoring me as if he was some important person who brought his little daugther. After all, this was about selling art, and I didn't seem to be going to spend big amounts of money. How could I dare standing in front of the pictures and look at them while there were more worthy people? The most important thing seemed to be showing off one's wealthiness. I saw one woman wear a dead fox, with still head and legs attached, painted with silver. The artists weren't examples of modesty either. One gallery offered a little wooden board with some rows of nails sticking in it. It cost 20.000,- €. Why? Because it was made by an TV actor. I learned that art is not about art, it is about money and nothing else.

Bah. The whole thing made me not wanting to be a professional artist anymore.

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~CathleenParagon Nov 3, 2007, 2:52:51 PM
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Those are only people who think watching or - even better - buying "art" makes them more intellectual. But only if the special piece of art is made by someone with a famous name rather than a piece with impact, with a message - because, 'honestly darling, who cares for sense in art'? :bleh: To hell with them! They have no idea of art.

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~BMcCue7 Nov 3, 2007, 3:28:52 PM
I can't stand the arts people, either. I work in a shop now, and avoid the galleries and shows and all of it. Now I just paint for myself and sell the occasional thing in gift shops. I got so disgusted with the arts "scene."

My impression was that over 90% of people who buy art, sell art, represent artists, and so on were phonies. People who only valued art (and artists) for the social status that they could derive from it. Competing with one another blindly for social status is what the apes do, and it makes me sick that this is in any way associated with art.

I add my voice to yours: To hell with them!
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*T-Hip Nov 3, 2007, 3:32:01 PM
So it sounds to me like it is not so much that art sucks, it is those people that suck.

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~geeny Nov 3, 2007, 3:33:59 PM
yes, the people suck... but those are the people who shape the face of the modern fine art circus.

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Nur einmal wieder so wie früher
Um die Häuser ziehen und mein Leben spüren
Doch diese Stadt gibt nicht viel her
Vielleicht liegts auch an mir, doch unsre Straßen bleiben leer.
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~geeny Nov 3, 2007, 3:37:12 PM
that is so true, unfortunately... and people who are real artists can't make a penny with it because they live outside of this mad "scene" machine.

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Nur einmal wieder so wie früher
Um die Häuser ziehen und mein Leben spüren
Doch diese Stadt gibt nicht viel her
Vielleicht liegts auch an mir, doch unsre Straßen bleiben leer.
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~geeny Nov 3, 2007, 3:39:48 PM
yes, so true. they offered a little wooden board with some rows of nails sticking in it. it cost 20.000,- €. why? because it was made by an TV actor.

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Nur einmal wieder so wie früher
Um die Häuser ziehen und mein Leben spüren
Doch diese Stadt gibt nicht viel her
Vielleicht liegts auch an mir, doch unsre Straßen bleiben leer.
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~CathleenParagon Nov 3, 2007, 3:40:44 PM
:X

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Truth Has A Bat On Their Head!
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~scientuslatens Nov 3, 2007, 3:42:00 PM
I commented 2 times but dA keeps eating them.

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(I love to see new things, and to be amazed by others' talents, even if it means I'm less inclined to show what I've been doing...)
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~BMcCue7 Nov 3, 2007, 3:46:37 PM
That's been my experience.

Now, I will only sell art if I don't have to speak to the people who buy it. Gift shops, coffee houses, and small privately-owned galleries are good places for me to sell on consignment. I much prefer this, but I'm becoming a hermit.
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