Danielle Roberts,
The sky weighs heavy through the night, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 96 inches.Courtesy Fredericks & Freiser, New York.
“To exist is to drink oneself without thirst.”
― Annie Ernaux, Les Années What is it to exist? We all experience time, space, life itself. But what does this truly mean at its very base? Do we exist more in some moments than in others? Are there great swaths of our lives in which we dwell on the fringes or do we lap up the juices across the whole timeline, living moment to moment in tune with all
that goes on around us? Perhaps the answer to these questions varies from person to person and depends on the time and circumstances in which we find ourselves. Lexi Bishop spoke to Jordan Wong from her Gallery, here in Pittsburgh, PA. Prior to starting her gallery, Bishop lived in LA, where she worked as a director at Nino Mier Gallery for about a year and a half before the pandemic began. Prior to that, she worked for six years at Christie’s in New York. When she spoke to
us, her gallery was running the exhibition Marginalia with works by Tara Fay Coleman. To learn more about this, listen to the complete interview. Danielle
Roberts joined us to discuss her recent exhibition, Evening All Day, which ran at Fredericks and Feiser from January 26-February 25. The title nods to the nighttime or, at times, ambiguous timing present in much of her work, speaking to the idea of static time. While
not directly related to the pandemic, in some of the work there is a component of longing for connection and/or not truly understanding what is going on between oneself and another. This is particularly prevalent in an age when we communicate with many people via text messages and similar. To hear more about this concept, the exhibition and more, listen to the complete interview. Read the summary of this week's interviews and resources. |
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Opportunity abounds. No really, you just need to know where – and how – to look. First things first, not every opportunity will be right for you. That’s a given. If you’re a sculptor, a painting prize won’t be your surest bet. But for every artist, there are numerous opportunities that could turn into reality. The trick is being willing to put in the time and
effort. Part of your daily-weekly-yearly artist business practice must be the identification and pursuit of new horizons. Grants, residencies, competitions, there is simply a multitude of ways artists can make a bigger mark. Here are a few to get you started. |
When the time is right for you to turn your art into your livelihood, where do you turn first? How does one build a successful career in the art world, a place notorious for its roadblocks and exclusive members-only status? The truth is that
you absolutely can forge a life as a working artist, you simply need the right tools, just like with anything else. One of those tools is knowing what sort of opportunities are available – and there are a lot of them – here are a few to get you started. |
These are positive and / or negative reviews of galleries, art fairs, consultants, writers, online pay to play offers, residencies and more – all written by artists so that other artists can beware
of situations where institutions treat artists badly, or that end up costing the artist money or are outright scams.
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