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08/14/2003 Entry: "I worry too much"
I don't think this afternoon at the gallery could have gone any better. Had a very pleasant chat with Steve, one of the partners in the gallery. Not only are things looking good for getting a show on their schedule next year but as soon as I can find some appropriate poly bags to protect my smaller alt-process prints from fingerprint damage, they want me to display some of them as "affordable art" in their cafe area. Makes sense to me... not everyone has a spare $500 for a sculpture or $5,000 for a painting, but damn few patrons of a gallery will choke at $50 for a small one-of-a-kind handmade print.
No firm date on the show yet, but I'll be getting some of my pieces out of the house and into the public eye. At the worst, it'll help declutter this place and may even finance some new photo toys. I'm sure there are some who'd turn their noses up at the notion of "carry-out art" or "art-to-go" but I've got better things to worry about than the opinions of pretentious asshats.
During our chat at the gallery, I felt relaxed enough to mention how absolutely terrifying it was to stumble through the door with my arms full of prints. A long discussion followed, taking in the standard "Impostor Phenomenon or Syndrome" and going on to explore its implications in the art world. I was stunned to hear how many artists come into the gallery to discuss the possibility of a show and start apologizing for their work. Looking around the gallery, at all the marvelous work hanging in the current show, I couldn't imagine anyone feeling the need to apoplogize for any of it (except for that strange stuff off in the far corner ;-) ). Why are we so fearful of our own imagined shortcomings? Is it so hard to see that despite the apparent skills, technique and talents of those around us, there are things we know and do that are equally and uniquely valuable and important? Well, yeah, I guess it is or this dummy wouldn't have been such a scaredy-cat walking in the gallery door this afternoon, now, would I? ;-)
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very cool that you took the step to do this. I have been pondering gathering some of my work together - especially the newer work that has moved into printing larger work that crosses over into imagery that doesn't look like a photo - but I am not really sure how or where to start. cheers and keep up the great work.
Posted by Erin Malone @ 08/15/2003 12:35 AM ET
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