An artist who lives on my
street has been hanging 3-4 art pieces every week for several months on the street
level window screens of an apartment building. Some are collage, some drawings and few oil or watercolors. They are meant to be taken by
passersby. I have been pausing each time I go by to listen to comments of the
folks who stop to look. They are usually positive, sometimes expressing a great
deal of appreciation. Most people look and then leave them in place. But, in a
day or two, all of the art has been claimed by someone. The
artist dates the pieces. Some are new and some are from past years. For those
of us who write or paint or do photography with virtually no hope of making a
sale, it seems like this sharing is a viable and sensible way of getting “recognition”
for your work---and for clearing out your house!
An ever-changing art show. I, too, would like standing there and hearing the comments. It would be so interesting to know where his art ends up. Years ago, my husband and I went to an art students' street fair. One young man had 2 large charcoal nudes framed, which he was selling for a pittance (I think the frames would have cost as much as he was asking). Two women were looking at them trying to decide when I said, "I'll take them!" I think the women were a little peeved at me. I'm not usually an impulse buyer (esp with art), but we still have them hanging in the master bedroom in Denver. I'm wondering what I'll do with the art I have in that house if it sells? (If I only knew where those women lived!)
ReplyDeletegreat idea! and the give-aways and the passing comments … makes an interesting neighborhood !
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