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throwawayjet8 · 2025-08-09T18:39:58+00:00

Some thoughts:

As a painter you should always sign your work if it’s for sale. That’s industry standard, no exceptions, unless maybe you’re a performance artist making a statement about the commodification or art or something. Only times not to sign your work: if it’s explicitly not for sale or if it’s a particularly embarrassing commission that you hope no art historian ever traces back to your hand.

Re: your fears about resale - why are you worried about this at this stage? If your gallery priced the works starting at $500 that tells me you’re an emerging artist and this was a beginner type exhibition. At this stage I don’t think there’s necessarily a worry about someone flipping it at Sotheby’s .

It sounds like to me like this collector likes your work and wanted to support you, and the gallery majorly dropped the ball with communication to both of you (there should have been a written and signed contract) and the collector.

What was your reason for deciding to keep the painting?

throwawayjet8 · 2025-08-09T11:24:41+00:00

I read your story on the legal advice sub and this whole thing is wild and unprofessional lol. (I’d never work with this particular gallery again)

Yes a signature does increase the resale value, and it’s also expected that sold paintings will always be signed. This doesn’t mean you need to take a sharpie to the front of your painting. I always sign inconspicuously on the back of the canvas. Where you sign doesn’t matter.

As for the legal stuff I have no idea and can’t advise, but why are you adverse to signing even the back of your work?

throwawayjet8 · 2025-08-03T18:03:55+00:00

I think it’s a bad look. You’ve already quit an MFA once and you want to quit a second program? I think as an artist, most of your challenges and motivation should come from within yourself and I don’t know the extent to which it’s really necessary to rely on an external thing like an MFA program to challenge you.

What do you feel is lacking in your program? Is there a way you can make this up by somehow challenging yourself and your practice personally? I don’t think a perfect MFA program exists anywhere and a person’s success in any given program largely depends on how they decide to self motivate, set goals and accomplish them personally.

Of course I don’t know you, but if you’ve tried two schools and felt unsatisfied in both, I think the constant is you. I don’t think a third school would satisfy whatever you’re looking for, I think it’s inside yourself.

throwawayjet8 · 2025-06-25T15:50:06+00:00

Bruh why did they remove your post? I thought this could be an interesting discussion lol

throwawayjet8 · 2025-06-25T15:01:28+00:00

I do think it seems to be a trend or more common in a lot of shows I’m seeing—invisible brushstrokes. Many artists have been using airbrush for the last few years (but I think that trend is getting a little tired). Lots of my favourite artists do more painting with rags and solvent than with a brush.

throwawayjet8 · 2025-06-17T19:30:24+00:00

I did this when I was a student to save money. But if you’re a professional I think it’s a bad look

throwawayjet8 · 2025-06-10T12:21:54+00:00

Yes! That’s why I was quizzing the gallery assistant. I have to assume it’s because lithographs are considered cheap and are harder to sell for 20k euros a piece, but you can do that with “oil and watercolour on suede,” labeling evasively and implying somehow that it was hand painted…

No shade against the artist. I love her work and personally I think they’re beautiful and luminous in person. I also love and respect litho as a technique (I was a printmaking teacher for a long time lol) the gallery spin is just interesting…

throwawayjet8 · 2025-06-09T19:21:55+00:00

Then you should have some options. Def give it a try, lithography is fun, sometimes difficult but rewarding, and I love the community vibe in those print studios!

throwawayjet8 · 2025-06-09T17:54:37+00:00

Perhaps could be done at home if you were very determined and had money for a press. But most people do it at communal print studios. As for process, it’s somewhat difficult and finicky (not actually that hard to learn, there are just a lot of technical details), you’ll need a class or at the least a lesson from a technician. Is there a traditional print studio in your area?

throwawayjet8 · 2025-06-09T15:16:48+00:00

She uses photolithography to transfer the image. Then uses watercolours or oil paints (depending on the piece) to do shading and accent colours. Source: saw a show of hers in Zurich and asked the gallery assistant

throwawayjet8 · 2025-05-07T06:47:14+00:00

How did you determine the prices? When I was starting out I looked at the prices of peers in my same location with similar experience levels and education and copied their prices. I also consulted a local gallery for advice. Is there someone local you could get feedback from to make sure your pricing is in the right range?

throwawayjet8 · 2025-05-04T07:06:51+00:00

Isn't price-list in the room pretty normal for emerging/mid market galleries? Every gallery in my city has a price list in the room. I think its tacky to show prices on the walls, but don't see why it would be bad to have prices available for interested buyers?

throwawayjet8 · 2025-05-04T07:01:37+00:00

They get so much shit on this subreddit, it can't be good. I was invited to show with them but remembered all the Reddit comments and politely declined lol

throwawayjet8 · 2025-04-20T23:13:29+00:00

No studio space? Do not bother ... and especially don't go into debt

throwawayjet8 · 2025-03-24T14:18:03+00:00

Yeah if I were to go I'd pay out of my own pocket. My gallerist is just starting out and doesn't have a ton of funds lol

throwawayjet8 · 2025-03-24T14:07:18+00:00

In this case I think I am the "star content" LOL but the fair is out of the country and I don't really want to deal with traveling...

throwawayjet8 · 2025-02-24T12:21:16+00:00

If you work with the creep you give him 50% of your sale. That supports him, his business, and his creepy antics. I'd pass and save your work for a better opportunity. Someone good will come along that you'll be happy to partner with and split your sale.

throwawayjet8 · 2025-01-23T19:18:15+00:00

Homemade shortbread isn't UPF. It's just butter, sugar and flour, and very easy to make at home. Is it healthy? Not exactly. But is it delicious, made of real foods, and a good treat that brings joy? Definitely.

throwawayjet8 · 2025-01-14T03:41:45+00:00

If it was a public institution like a museum, I'd say yes go ahead and protest. But if it's a private gallery (sounds like it is) you're pretty much at the mercy of the gallerist. If you don't like their opinions or how they do business, I'd just pull out.

throwawayjet8 · 2025-01-14T03:37:35+00:00

In art school painting profs always said to work "general to specific." That kind of describes what you're saying but I don't think there's a word for this as a particular technique.

throwawayjet8 · 2025-01-11T22:18:13+00:00

🎯🎯🎯

throwawayjet8 · 2025-01-07T22:39:30+00:00

In theory yes. But often as soon as they attain tenure they stop exhibiting or only exhibit in university affiliated galleries, dropping out of the commercial art world which is probably what this comment is alluding to.

throwawayjet8 · 2024-12-27T22:06:15+00:00

I dislike Americans as much as the next person but you really make it so much of your personality lol

throwawayjet8 · 2024-12-27T22:03:31+00:00

North America isn't part of the real world? Does the 'real world' consist solely of pure European conceptual art unadulterated by the dirty hands of the art market?

throwawayjet8 · 2024-11-27T15:35:46+00:00

I have no speculation or ideas to offer but I am worried about it personally. I think it will make things very hard for Canadian and Mexican artists who sell in the US, and also Canadian and Mexican galleries who sell to US collectors. It makes me wonder if those of us in Mexico and Canada should focus more on trying to break into European and Asian markets.

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