Hello Tinku, I'm happy to find this blog (through the Facebook art bloggers group.) I like this post...it expresses well the question of what to show of our personal lives in relation to our professional "face" in the world. I find it unusual and refreshing to read of you as a gallery owner raising this question--because as you say, even though they are often run by very interesting, caring, wonderful people, most galleries don't allow much personal warmth into their public image.
I like to think of blog content as what I'd share or talk about with someone who wasn't a close friend, but someone in the art field that I like and respect. I try to find the "voice" I'd use if I were meeting this person over coffee or something. Seems to work pretty well. But like you I've sometimes had comments that the content was either too personal and off-topic (someone on a blog-rating site bemoaned the fact that I do anything other than just post photos of my work) or too dry (someone else complaining that I post too many pictures of work without enough commentary about them.)
I just found your blog so haven't read far, but it does seems to me you are hitting the right balance--I'll be back...
Absolutely, we must humanize the galleries, and a consultation of physicians, offices of notaries, etc. Are places that intimidate people, which makes us take a envarada, unnatural.
The galleries are intimidating to artists and also to buyers. People do not dare to come into a gallery to ask the price of a table saw in the window, afraid. They do not feel comfortable in an environment that does not know where they normally do not enter. Not mastered the technical language that is used in the galleries so many lost sales.
The artists also are intimidated when they go to show your file to a gallery, these people have in their hands our career. I think that the treaty should be closer, although it is possible that due to the wide range of artists, feel overwhelmed and that is why they are defending a position of superiority.
I think the art world has to stop being so elitist, first lose the mystery of the glamorous but gain followers and sales, if it were closer to ordinary people.
With respect we are a continuation of what we do, if we have true passion for our profession that has been transmitted to the other, this is reflected in our work. I paint as I am, I paint on my experiences, my family, things that worry me. I could not do otherwise. I can not hide, I emerged as an open book, sometimes consciously, others unconsciously. What I paint myself.
Amrita- I can hardly contain my excitement at the onset of this journey together. Thank you for doing what you say in this post. My respect for you continues to grow.
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