Artist Reality Check
January 29th, 2008 by Senses Lost
These are five facts that artists need to face. Sylvia White recently published an interesting article called “5 Facts Artists Have To Face To Succeed In Business“.
- You will not get “discovered.”
- You will not find a gallery that “understands your work” and feels as passionately about it as you do.
- No matter how original you think your work is, it has been done before.
- Just because your work looks just like Jackson Pollock, (or, fill in the blank) doesn’t mean it’s as good, or that you can price it the same.
- You will not be able to make a living off the sale of your work.
Check out the article.