tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post3726865566617473704..comments2024-03-03T15:01:00.402-05:00Comments on Joanne Mattera Art Blog: Stayin' Alive: The Auction at MetaphorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-15021547284978574782009-05-21T20:04:32.375-04:002009-05-21T20:04:32.375-04:00Rene and Julian--
I'm glad you responded. It's a ...Rene and Julian--<br /><br />I'm glad you responded. It's a reminder to artists that just as we artists are not all Damiam Hirst, dealers are not all Larry Gagosian.Joanne Matterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564594823192456546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-59416182883314936252009-05-20T22:05:40.425-04:002009-05-20T22:05:40.425-04:00As the artist-owners and curators of Metaphor cont...As the artist-owners and curators of Metaphor contemporary art we feel that the above reader’s comments can not go unanswered. Our tax man can tell you that we have never been anything but non profit, unofficially, so far. We have functioned much the same way as Kentler Drawing Center, another artist run Brooklyn space did for 14 years before they got their official non-profit status. We are Julian and Renenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-53619472250063455482009-05-17T23:05:00.000-04:002009-05-17T23:05:00.000-04:00All valid questions, Anon, but as I said in the po...All valid questions, Anon, but as I said in the post, one picks one's causes. I picked mine. Did you visit the site? Did you read about the project? Did you read my post about what other galleries are doing to stay alive? (It's linked in this post.) These are difficult times for artists and dealers--and we are all in this together.Joanne Matterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02564594823192456546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30832682.post-18633711991287377572009-05-17T21:52:00.000-04:002009-05-17T21:52:00.000-04:00How many people live in the metro NYC area? How m...How many people live in the metro NYC area? How many people have the means and interest to purchase a work of art? How many galleries are there? Why is it that artists are asked to support a for-profit gallery in this particular fashoin? The gallery-artist partnership is just that, a 50/50 partnership. This particular event seems to benefit the gallery far more than the many, many artists. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com