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Written by Gav

May 21st, 2010 at 9:02 pm

Posted in The Arts,The Internet

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  1. Good idea that they should curate online collected works of famous artists like Mondrian, Manet, Klee and others so people can click and view the entire oeuvre of someone they are studying. It would be very expensive from a security and insurance angle to assemble in one gallery all the works of Rembrandt or Leonardo for a bumper exhibition. One aspect of becoming a famous painter is that people from the four corners get to buy your works, and artists gladly sell to distant customers in order to earn a good living. Many living artists have families to feed and rent and bills to play.

    I agree with the idea for artists to create specially for internet exhibitions. That sort initiative is awaiting a group of Salon des Refusés artists to take up. There are many more arts centres and galleries in Ireland thanks to government funding during the boom years, but many up-and-coming artists don’t get selected for gallery shows. I’ve met a woman who sells her works entirely on the internet, and she’s doing well for herself. She’s self-taught too.

    Wally

    21 May 10 at 11:16 pm

  2. Aw gee, did I really write “rent and bills to play”?

    Either I was dog tired after watching a late night movie on telly while drinking a €3.99 bottle of Spanish rioja, or that ‘play’ with rent and bills was a freudian slip. Or maybe playing with bills is like staring at a Magritte painting: Ceci ce n’est pas une pipe (blip?)

    Wally

    22 May 10 at 10:41 am

  3. But when you think about it, have you EVER – even briefly – looked, listened to or studied any painter’s, composer’s or author’s work?

    But I do think your online art gallery thing sounds like a good idea.

    No doubt we might see iGallery or eArt somewhere in the future. Does code count as art?

    Colin Sweetman

    15 Sep 11 at 12:58 am

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