There’s a rather scathing but interesting article in the Times UK about the collapse of the art world/market in England and how they needed a good kick in the rear end. Last year there was plenty of discussion about how ‘Fine Art’ was outside of the this potential crisis and that all of the collectors won’t be affected by the pending doom. Everyone who argued that seems to be fairly quiet now!
We were talking about this last night with Bradley and Justin as Bradley’s show was in the front room of Melanie Flood in what appeared to be something of a ’startup’ gallery (well worth a visit, email appointment here). The conversation basically compared the move as being similar to contemprary musicians who had to proactively promote themselves in more independant settings. I think it was Bradley who said that it was good that the control is turning a little back over to the artist and away from larger collectors or galleries. Who knows what’s going to happen in the coming year, all I can hope is that younger emerging artists get better or more representation (read – Ben Hider gets rich and famous)!
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