Carlos Fentanes
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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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100 days 100 galleries; Day 5: The Gallery / Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
Me: Those pieces are beautiful by themselves and no need of anything else but I feel as if they were hanged too low? Is it just me? Gallery: *… A gallery in my hometown, this time I decided to comment something about its current exhibition, about its museography. Yes, I feel that they hanged the…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 4: Gallery BOM, Boston MA
Me: The art that you show in your posts looks great, very good curated. Congratulations! I wish you the best. Gallery: Nothing. Hey, now I’m not telling you anything about exhibit, about I’m a starving artist, about showing my work… Did I deserve an answer this time? I wanted some answer, maybe just a: “Thanks!”,…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 3: Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Me: Your posts are awesome! I wonder what’s the process you follow to chose an artist? Is there any artist call or submission form? Gallery: not a single word Something is not working in this approach, I think I should change something but what? How can I start a conversation with a gallery? what should…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 2: Massimo de Carlo Gallery, Milan, London, Hong Kong
I wrote a DM in Instagram. Me: Hello, your feed news is wonderful, plenty of great art and great artists. Congratulations! I really enjoy your Instagram.I wonder how do you select your artists? Is there a way to submit on your website or a collective exhibition for new artists? Do you charge a fee?Thanks in…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 1: Galerie Géraldine Banier, Paris, France
Me: Hello, I just saw your feed and you have a great selection of artist, I wonder how do you select an artist for your gallery, is there a process that an artist have to follow? Gallery: Mute Is this too aggressive? Should I be a little more passive? less obvious? Why they don’t answer?…
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