Carlos Fentanes
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100 days 100 galleries; day 15: Galleri Skandinavia, Stockholm Sweden
Carlos Fentanes (CF): I saw in your catalog works than go from realism to pop passing through figurative painting. How did you come to this mix of works? Gallery: silent This time it didn’t work, maybe they don’t understand English, maybe they don’t want to answer, maybe they don’t see their messages. I have seen…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 14: Principle Gallery, Alexandria VA & Charleston SC
Carlos Fentanes (CF): Why you choose to show realism? Principle Gallery (PG): The gallery has been open for 25 years and that has been traditionally what we show. Over the years we have branched out to artists who are less of classical realism and verge in abstraction. This seems to be a sweet spot for…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 13: The Leyton Gallery of Fine Art, St. John’s NL
Me (CF): I see that you have a good group of artists under your umbrella. How do you started? How were your firsts steps as an art gallery? Leyton Gallery (LG): Bonnie Leyton, the owner, saw a lot of young talented people who were not being given a chance at other commercial galleries. She took…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 12: Foster/White Gallery, Seattle WA
Me (Carlos Fentanes): I have a personal question for you: How was your beginnings? How you started in the art business? Gallery: Total Silence, not a single word The older the gallery the lesser they are interested in new technologies, it seems that’s a constant. In this gallery there’s plenty of traditional art: painting, sculpture,…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 11: Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig & Berlin Germany
Me (Carlos Fentanes): Hello,Can I ask you about your beginning? How did you started? Did you rent a local or use your own place? Who where your first artists? Are they still with you? How did you recruit your first artists? How do you do it now? What is what you see in an artist?…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 10: Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
ME (Carlos Fentanes): After seeing your posts I wonder how do you begin? How were the firsts years of the gallery? Your first artists?Now it looks a very solid selection of artists. Gallery: (nothing) Well, I couldn’t get any information, maybe they don’t see DM’s or they use IG as a one way communication channel.…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 9: Erika Gofton, Director of the Art Room Footscray, Melbourne
Why it’s so difficult to show my work in a gallery? Why the system is so closed that it’s almost impossible to break inside their barriers? I’m in a quest to figure out how the system works and I have a plan: I’m going to ask them directly during 100 days. Are they going to…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 8: Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA
Me: I need your advice, if it’s possible to ask you a question.I’ve been trying to approach to galleries to show my work sending mails and messages with no response at all.How do you choose your artists? How you find them? Is it from Instagram or another social network? Is it on show or with…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 7: Galerie Port Heureuse, Cote D’Azur, France
Me: I like very much your gallery, how can I submit my work? Do you have a website or a call listed? Gallery: … (Not a single word) In their site there’s the next statement: We are always on the lookout for new talents, and the work of budding artists is shown side by side…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 6: LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, MA
Me: Hello, I have some visual conflicts with this Jason Middlebrook pieces.I like the way he left the shape of the wood and the drawings on them but the way they are shown still doesn’t convince me, I have seen some pieces from other artists like Gabriel Orozco with the same kind of display concept…
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