Recently, I’ve noticed a growing trend where art is talked about less as a process and more as a system.
The YouTube video author claims to know how to make 200 000 (of something, it doesn’t really say what – Yen? lol) and brags about it in his countless YouTube videos. Yet, it looks like you live in 1 bedroom apartment and buy your furniture from IKEA. Nothing wrong with that, but it all feels way off and wrong in the first place. Because you talk money first, which seems weird for an artist, not to put the artwork in the spotlight and then talk about the remarkable luck and earnings.
Great art speaks for itself, and if you earn such a large sums of money – it must be exceptional. Though, I know that “abstract art pieces” which are bought in bulk for hotel lobbies, can generate good income even not being all that appreciated by the art community.
Maybe I’m old-fashioned, but an art studio isn’t a bakery. Art isn’t a necessity — it’s personal. It doesn’t need to appeal to everyone, and maybe if it does, it stops being art. Throwing random paint splashes on canvas just to sell to the highest bidder is sad in my opinion. What is yor story, what are your feelings and emotions? WHere are tehey?
I’m not against selling art. We all need to eat.
But when the focus shifts from creating → expressing → experimenting… to selling first and creating second, something feels off.
You can’t sell paintings like bread buns.
At least not without losing something along the way.
Curious how other artists feel about this.
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