Digital BW, The Print

as well as the black turtleneck - be as arrogant as you can be!!

Tim A


PS - reminds me of the story of Don McCullin being persuaded by his agent to
take some of his work round NY Galleries. He went to one, with a portfolio
of prints (which he painstakingly makes himself). The rather snooty, black
dressed art world type looked at it, really quite liked it as work they
could exhibit. Said to McCullin " well, leave it with us and we'll see" Don
focussed him with his steely "I've faced down more psycho Lebanese gunmen
than you've had hot dinners look" and flatly says "I don't leave my prints
with ANYONE". Art world type flusters - "but all our artists leave work for
us to look at..." McCullin just looks at him and bluntly says "well I don't"
and walks out. I believe the gallery did carry his work...!


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Tucker [mailto:mark@...]
> Sent: November 22, 2001 6:47 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Source for ArtGallery Submission Rules?
>
>
> I am placing five prints in a small show at our leading gallery
> here in town. This is my first go-round with actually dealing with
> galleries: submissions, resumes, artist statement, etc.
>
> Does anyone know of a source for some kind of "rules for gallery
> submissions"? Or "how to be an art photographer"?
>
> Since I come into this from a commercial photography
> background, I'm out of my area. I'm not even sure that I "have" a
> resume? And my guard is up for this whole Artist Statement thing
> -- my term for this kind of "art talk" is "ArtForumHorseS&%t".
>
> "Tell me, Mark, what was your motivation to do this piece... blah,
> blah, blah". I am so against all of this hype talk that I don't know
> what I'd say. I'd almost make up something false just to make
> fun of the whole game, but I know that would come back to get
> me in the end.
>
> (Thoughts of Julian, and the brick, and the carpet. Oh God).
>
> Seriously, any sources of info would be appreciated.
>
> -Mark Tucker
> Wearing Black TurtleNeck
>
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