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]]> By: Larry Jewett http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/04/08/and-farming-art-out/#comment-87 Larry Jewett Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:22:55 +0000 http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/04/08/and-farming-art-out/#comment-87 Wouldn't it be funny if two artists next to one another at an Art Expo had outsourced to the same artist? If enough people do it, it is bound to happen eventually. I think the "farm out" (sell out?) is really the extreme case, but let's face it, no one is as "pure" as they would like to think they are. Some people would never "farm out", but they would not hesitate to do their drawings by projecting images. I'm not saying the two are equivalent, just that "purity is a matter of degree. In fact, some purists would probably never even use a photograph -- not even as a "reference." And the REAL purists would not use their hands and would blindfold themselves and do the painting from memory with their brush held in their teeth (anything more is clearly cheating). Personally, I can't see what the point is (other than perhaps to make lots of money, that is! But I wouldn't know anything about that, at least not with regard to art work) For me, the enjoyment -- and challenge -- comes from actually doing the drawing ( mainly erasing) and painting from scratch. but then again, I don't make a living (or even a dying) off my paintings. (good thing too!) Wouldn’t it be funny if two artists next to one another at an Art Expo had outsourced to the same artist? If enough people do it, it is bound to happen eventually.

I think the “farm out” (sell out?) is really the extreme case, but let’s face it, no one is as “pure” as they would like to think they are.

Some people would never “farm out”, but they would not hesitate to do their drawings by projecting images. I’m not saying the two are equivalent, just that “purity is a matter of degree. In fact, some purists would probably never even use a photograph — not even as a “reference.” And the REAL purists would not use their hands and would blindfold themselves and do the painting from memory with their brush held in their teeth (anything more is clearly cheating).

Personally, I can’t see what the point is (other than perhaps to make lots of money, that is! But I wouldn’t know anything about that, at least not with regard to art work)

For me, the enjoyment — and challenge — comes from actually doing the drawing ( mainly erasing) and painting from scratch. but then again, I don’t make a living (or even a dying) off my paintings. (good thing too!)

]]> By: Rosemary http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/04/08/and-farming-art-out/#comment-86 Rosemary Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:18:52 +0000 http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/04/08/and-farming-art-out/#comment-86 Well, maybe this explains what I saw at the NY Art Expo last month. There were more than a handful of artists who had STACKS of paintings being shown by the galleries representing them. Most of them were riffs on a theme, landscapes mostly. This one Canadian artist did birch trees and they were selling for several thousand dollars each. I couldn't get over the quantity -- how could anyone paint that many paintings??? And all of the same thing -- some had one birch, some had two groupings of birches, one big/three small, etc -- all the same color scheme and GOBS of paint. It looked troweled on. But, I have to admit they were appealing and the gallery rep said they were "top sellers." So maybe the artist outsources them? Duh -- I'm such a purist (or so naive) that never even occurred to me! I guess it's really just a variation on Kinkade. Well, maybe this explains what I saw at the NY Art Expo last month. There were more than a handful of artists who had STACKS of paintings being shown by the galleries representing them. Most of them were riffs on a theme, landscapes mostly. This one Canadian artist did birch trees and they were selling for several thousand dollars each. I couldn’t get over the quantity — how could anyone paint that many paintings??? And all of the same thing — some had one birch, some had two groupings of birches, one big/three small, etc — all the same color scheme and GOBS of paint. It looked troweled on. But, I have to admit they were appealing and the gallery rep said they were “top sellers.” So maybe the artist outsources them? Duh — I’m such a purist (or so naive) that never even occurred to me! I guess it’s really just a variation on Kinkade.

]]> By: Larry Jewett http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/04/08/and-farming-art-out/#comment-83 Larry Jewett Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:44:50 +0000 http://julietchapman.com/blog/2008/04/08/and-farming-art-out/#comment-83 I can understand why a gallery might want to take advantage of the opportunity to get relatively cheap paintings, but why would an established artist ever want to do it? Presumably, if they are established they can probably command a good enough price for their paintings to make the time and effort worthwhile as it is. Also, if they are established, that means they have probably developed their own distinctive style which would be hard for another person (eg, at a shop in China) to duplicate. So people would probably know it if the artist tried to farm out their work. And if anyone found out, the artist's career would be over, so there is a huge disincentive. Of course, sometimes people don't think before they do things (eg, Eliot Spitzer), so i guess anything is possible. I can understand why a gallery might want to take advantage of the opportunity to get relatively cheap paintings, but why would an established artist ever want to do it? Presumably, if they are established they can probably command a good enough price for their paintings to make the time and effort worthwhile as it is.

Also, if they are established, that means they have probably developed their own distinctive style which would be hard for another person (eg, at a shop in China) to duplicate. So people would probably know it if the artist tried to farm out their work. And if anyone found out, the artist’s career would be over, so there is a huge disincentive.

Of course, sometimes people don’t think before they do things (eg, Eliot Spitzer), so i guess anything is possible.

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