17 posts tagged “galleries”

On Saturday, May 2nd if you feel like swinging by, stalking, or chatting, I will be at William Rupnik Gallery to meet with a few collectors and take more photos of the show for my archives. It goes down in the afternoon and the City Artists at Work is doing the whole tour shebang the weekend of the 16th & 17th too.

Speaking of photos, I'm so excited I am getting a new camera, I've had the same one for 9 years! Nothing is that wrong with it (okay it is a bit wonky when you have to take the batteries out and put them back in just to get the power to turn on) but it has become clear I need something really ace, especially if I am doing larger work that can't fit on a flatbed scanner.

There's an interview with me here on CoolCleveland.com which is neat; no one in the area ever reviews my shows because I didn't go to Cleveland Institute of Art (I went to the other CIA), so it is nice to get some write-ups here and there. Thank you Cleveland Bachelor and Hello My Name Is Art, again. Most of all thank you to you people who buy art, in Cleveland, in a recession. I'm still amazed!

Other than that, I finished two commissions in record time, I'm transcribing interviews for the Red Hot Chili Peppers book that will be coming out soon, and have barely had time to wipe my butt while my apartment looks like a Whitney & Bobby crack den -- again. Truthfully this has been an awful week in different ways and I cannot wait until Friday when hubby and I start our 8th Anniversary celebrations. A girl never needed champagne so bad, but, I'm thinking a Lady in White might do the trick.

Last night I attended a large open studio event here in Cleveland that included private artist studios, galleries, an auction house and the ever curious Xploited Cinema. It was a strange night and made me and my partner in crime feel as though we were in a David Lynch film. I had been in the building many times on the ground floor, but never saw how developed the rest of the property was -- very nice spaces indeed. But, nice space isn't enough to always look professional and not look completely shifty! It brought up a lot of points about open studios if you are planning on hosting one yourself.

• Clean your space up! I understand if you want to have your space look like Francis Bacon because it is all "tortured artist" or something, but at least clear off your surfaces where it looks a little bit like you tried. This especially goes if you are a gallery or an auction house! I'm not going to buy something from you if it looks like you are going to lose my paperwork in a mountain of magazines and trash. It says to me that you are a disorganized mess.
• No one is going to buy an old painting at auction that is cracked all to hell, because I can imagine paint chips eventually falling into my carpet.
• Dust your artwork, especially if you are trying to sell it for $14,000.
• Have business cards, hoping I remember your name to google later on isn't such a practical way of trying to market yourself.
• Lights, they're handy, I can see things when lights are put on them.
• Don't tell me how you've never exhibited, or sold work, because that would then make you a commercialized whore for the dollar and you want no part of that. It isn't cute, and it doesn't make me think you are somehow noble.
  
• Don't try to sell damaged prints to people.
  
• Don't have acoustic music or weirdo neo-folk people play art openings. That's just wrong.
• I can smell your pot smoke, we all can, you are fooling no one with the Oust air spray.
• If you have busted frames, throw them out and get new ones. No one wants to buy busted art.
  
• Being nowhere to be found when there is a possiblity of journalists who might want to photograph or interview you isn't such a good move. This goes for artists and the gallery owners.
• Not leaving bio information of any sort near art that I actually want to know more about, it is a no no. Especially if it is an artist not in attendance who can't be there to promote themselves.
  
• Not giving price lists anywhere, but instead saying to people, "make me an offer". That is vague, and totally unprofessional. I mean dude, come on.
  

I could go on, but these were instances that came up that I can remember.

For almost a year I had this painting marked as "sold", mainly because the gallery told me they sold it. Makes sense right?

AlexiadeLuc

What they meant to say, and that I have discovered this afternoon, was in fact this piece with a similar name had sold. So, you know, anyone who had in the past inquired about the purple haired Alexia de Luc can now know she is back on the market if they want to snag her.

I'm very excited that the new volume of Eye Candy From Strangers brought to you by Brand Studio Press is going to be in stores in a few weeks! I have some portraits included, as well as a ton of other awesome artists. Here is the cover art by Sergio Melero...

I've also finished my painting for the All Things Cleveland show; you can view a crappy photo and statement about it here. Other than that, I'm working on new stuff for the show in May @ Artchitecture Gallery, and busily packaging paintings while tramping through a sea of bubble wrap. I think I must be in an alternate universe; I have sold a ridiculous amount of paintings since late August, and can't figure out how it can be in these times when I read stuff like this and the fact people are getting laid off at galleries and print shops. Hey, I'm not complaining, just very happy and extremely weirded out!

Quite interesting, indeed. Especially since many galleries are abandoning the physical space and concentrating on just art fairs as their main income.

Shows and stuff on the eastern front...

June 13th - Jul 5th: Artspace Member's Group Show @ Wooltex Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio. Gallery hours, 11am-3pm Wednesday - Saturday.

June 20th: Group show @ Artery 717 in Alexandria, VA. Live portrait painting by Emma O'Rourke of the Corcoran College -Auctioned work benefiting Children's Hospital Foundation. Reception 7pm-11pm

June 30th: "Ladies First" travels to Crybaby Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ.
Opening Night is Saturday July 12th from 7:30pm onward.

Jul 11- Aug 14th: “Identity Theft: Is Comic Book Art Really ‘Fine’ Art ?” @ The Mill Gallery, Guilford CT. This exhibition will include comic books and graphic novels renowned for their social commentary as well as more familiar examples. I hear Storm Troopers will be on hand opening night. Curator: Chris Uminga Opening Reception: July 11, 5-7 PM

Here's my piece for the comic show...

Vampirella framed

Well not really much going on here. Just found out I'll have some work in the next edition of Eye Candy From Strangers. It won't be out for a while but it should be a kick ass edition indeedy. Which makes me wonder, what ever happened to the Project Polar book that was supposed to come out, like, forever ago?

I'm being added as a resident artist at Artery 717, and may be having a solo show sometime this fall in Madison WI. More to come on that. In general I'm kinda peeved I can't travel around for a lot of out-of-town shows. I have been dying to get to Art Whino Gallery and was hoping to go to the comic art show coming up in July. Alas, it ain't happening, both fundage and vacation time-wise. I will however, be at the DvA Gallery show on May 31st in Chicago. I don't know who these artists are that can afford to fly all around the country for shows, especially the group ones where they might sell one or two things. After your motel/plane ticket and all that stuff, it kinda cancels out any profit doesn't it? I'm only going to Chicago because I want to get out of town and go to the Weiner's Circle. Love the bright green relish they got, you know.

In other news, finally after many years I got an email list sign-up on my website. I don't know why I didn't do it before, kinda stupid really. So scroll to the bottom and sign-up honey. I promise I won't spam you or send you pictures of my cat doing naughty things -- unless you're into that sort of thing.

Looks like I'll be showing in a lot of places around N. America the next two months. I'm glad I got it together enough to do some pieces specifically for the themed shows -- I've been lazy since October. So here, mark your calendars if you are in any of these cities...

Friday, March 7th
“All Girl Show” @ Anxiety Gallery in Madison WI. I'll have two mixed media pieces in this one, wish I could go.

Saturday, March 8th
The 2nd Annual 'Ladies First' art event in Vancouver, BC. As part of the Indie Music Video Festival
This show will also be traveling to Chicago, IL in May and Portland, OR in July and possibly more.
Many hot artist chicks involved in this one. Here's some work you'll find And I'll probably be attending the Chicago event.

Saturday, April 5th - 26th
"Isn't It Romantic" group show @ Mahan Gallery, Columbus OH. I'll be attending this with my posse -- watch out!

Saturday, April 12th
"World Space Party" group show. Space themed art in honor of Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
@ Art Whino Gallery, Alexandria VA. I'll have a painting I made just for this on display. Wish I could go to this.

Apirl 14th - 20th
"Attack of the B Movie Show" @ Space Gallery 1141 Polk St (at Sutter) San Francisco. CA.
Curated by The Creep Machine. Opening Reception Friday, April 18th, 8pm - whenever. My "Switchblade Sue" series will be on display. A lot of awesome people involved in this show too, damn I wish I could attend.

You can also find my stuff at Boxheart Gallery in Pittsburgh, Gina's Gallery in Cleveland and well as on display at Velvet Tango Room in Cleveland.

Flickr has been amazing to me; getting to discover all sorts of artists and photographers from around the world and all. Lately I'm really digging Lynne Lamb and her photo set, she has been doing sketches on old atlas pages. It looks really neat. She calls it her "doodle book", sweet.

Also tomorrow if you are in Cleveland, be sure to check out a print show curated by Heather Young at Arts Collinwood. Gig artist Jon Hicks will be showing along with the cats from Little Jacket. I would go, but I already made plans for my lost weekend to start promptly at 6pm and to stay on the west side of town for my own safety -- and the safety of others.