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100 days 100 galleries; Day 24: Galerie 42b, Paris France
Carlos Fentanes
Carlos Fentanes (CF): I like abstract painting but there’s something inside me that’s repeating all the time: “My kid could paint this”.Have you ever had this sensation? Galerie 42b (G42b): (empty) Another day, another gallery with no answers. This question was a little poisonous, I know but have you ever wondered the same thing about…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 22: Franklin Bowles Galleries, San Francisco & New York
Carlos Fentanes
Carlos Fentanes (CF): I saw some photos of your newest exhibition: Natural Curiosities. The artists seem so different between them but the exhibition is so harmonic. What’s the common point? Franklin Bowles (FB): nothing Sadly not answering is the most common reaction from galleries, here’s another example. Today I walked my dog in the morning,…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 21: Beinart Gallery, Melbourne Australia
Carlos Fentanes
Carlos Fentanes (CF): I really like the style of your gallery, is it fantasy or how do you call it? Beinart Gallery (BG): Thank youWe generally call it surreal figurativeBut that is not an official title for a movementJust descriptive CF: Sorry about called it “fantasy”, I didn’t know how to name it maybe Visual…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 20: Galería Fernando Pradilla, Madrid Spain
Carlos Fentanes
Carlos Fentanes (CF): Hello, I have a blog about galleries and their relationship with artists and I want to feature yous gallery, as an introduction how do you describe your gallery? Galería Fernando Pradilla (GFP): nothing That was a translation, I wrote it in Spanish in part because the gallery is in Spain and in…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 19: Eckert Fine Art, Kent, CT
Carlos Fentanes
Carlos Fentanes (CF): Hello,I have a blog about art galleries and their relationship with their artists. I want to feature your gallery in my blog.How do you describe your gallery as an introduction? Eckert Fine Art (EFA): nothing Should I start with something more friendly, less scary? Did I said something wrong? It seems that…
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100 days 100 Galleries; Day 18: Reiter Galleries, Berlin
Carlos Fentanes
Carlos Fentanes (CF): Hello,I have a blog about galleries and their relationship with artists, I want to feature you gallery.How do yo describe the gallery as a way of introduction? Reiter Galleries (RG): nothing This is more complicated each day, I don’t like to introduce myself as a blogger; I’m an artist, I do not…
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100 days 100 galleries; Day 14: Principle Gallery, Alexandria VA & Charleston SC
Carlos Fentanes
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 9: Erika Gofton, Director of the Art Room Footscray, Melbourne
Carlos Fentanes
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
Carlos Fentanes
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…