cyanus_fire ([info]cyanus_fire) wrote,
@ 2008-10-27 23:38:00
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T o all art people...

 Do you find when you do art stalls on art markets people just gawp like cows chewing the cud and move on.  I didnt sell NOTHING again. and the stalls either side of me sold nothing nor did they guy opposite!  infact MOST people sold NOTHING, despite a range of fashion, photography , prints and originals on sale.   You know what I think it is?   people are happy to buy mass produced items, but ask them to buy something unique and handmade?  no they  feel uneasy.   They are being asked to think for themselves and define their own tastes. be an individual.
   the guy selling hand turned wooden vases joked he should put a Marks and Spencers logo on his pots and people would buy them then.
   In the good words of George Carlin

  "The Public sucks!"



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[info]staggeronward
2008-10-28 12:53 am UTC (link)
I think people mostly go to art fairs to feel cultured and then talk about how they'd just *love* that painting if it went nicely with their couch.

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[info]xianjaguar
2008-10-28 12:55 am UTC (link)
I think it's because the economy is so bad right now, that people don't have the money for non-essentials. Art is a luxury item, something people buy with extra money. If there's no extra money, people can only window-shop and wish for better times. :(

Sorry that you didn't sell anything. :(

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[info]calzephyr77
2008-10-28 02:54 am UTC (link)
Poop! Art is a luxury item, but...I have noticed this for years at Christmas sales. It's like, what the heck people! This isn't dollar store crap, dammit! :-)

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[info]cyanus_fire
2008-10-29 08:01 pm UTC (link)
I pitched my prices with my big peices at £400 (because I wanted to attract people over!) and I put many small originals on the table for £10 each. Original signed art works, in a border , and no miserable arsehole bought one. I know a bargain when I see it, Id have bought my stuff!

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[info]calzephyr77
2008-10-29 10:46 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, I would definitely have bought a 10 pound original from you!

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[info]keinhaar
2008-10-28 03:21 pm UTC (link)
It occurred to me that you should seek out the people who're both vain and wealthy.

Maybe send some free works to a couple key people who win dog and horse shows, respectively. Then they could rave to their friends who feel they need to out-do them.

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[info]perseusomega9
2008-10-28 05:25 pm UTC (link)
I dunno your side of the pond but art here is usually vastly overpriced. I wouldn't mind paying $2-300 for a great painting, but nobody sells them for that price. I've seen absolute crap (usually po-mo) in the $1000 range.

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