Marisol Bixler Mexico

How is an artist and how to sell your work?






How is an artist and sells his work?
Emmanuell, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

During the Middle Ages to the Renaissance artists were trained in 'guilds' where they learned everything related to their profession. They were a group of merchants and artisans, all artists, carpenters and locksmiths etc. independent of a nation or a region forming a union. For example Da Vinci belonged to the painters' guild of Florence and 20 years was an independent master. In the seventeenth century in France originated the Academy of Painting and Sculpture founded by artist Charles Le Brun (pictured above), who was perhaps the most important artist in France in the seventeenth century. That to give the essence of how it was an artist in those times. Since that time studies at a higher institute is now called university. Now there are universities in the world where you can learn to be a painter, sculptor, engraver and so on. This race is called plastic arts or visual arts. There are also colleges of photography, which are like universities, where you can study photography as an art career, photographer and advertising photography. As is the Centro de la Imagen in Mexico City, the EAF, Argentina School of Photography in Buenos Aires, ARCOS in Santiago de Chile, Centro de la Imagen in Lima and EFTI, Centro de la Imagen in Madrid and Barcelona. There are also masters

plastic arts such as Brice Marden received (second image) minimalist artist. Marden graduated with MA in art at the Yale School of Art and Architecture. Chuck Close (third image), another artist who has expertise in fine arts from Yale University. Donald Judd (fourth image) minimalist artist had a master's degree in art history from Columbia University. But there are also self-taught artists such as Henry Rousseau (pictured below), the world's most famous self-taught.

Eammanuell, to answer the second part of your question, having graduated from University artists make CDs and blogs of their work and send them to galleries. If any gallery like their work, they will see the work personally. If after viewing, to the gallery likes his work, it is a solo exhibition and if the artist sells, would become an artist over the gallery and could have an exhibition every three or four years on death row. If the artist is very good. Other galleries may be interested in his work, and so could have exhibitions every two years. The critical start to go about their exposure in newspapers and art magazines. The following are major galleries galleries fairs in different cities of the world and display their works. Some fairs are in Buenos Aires marca marca en Bogota, Pinta in New York, CIRCA Puerto Rico, Miami and Arteamericas ARCO in Madrid. Obviously, the galleries have their best artists and from there you can export some works of international artists to other galleries. Having a monograph of your work helps you become more familiar. When your name is in several galleries, fairs and media, museums begin to find you and buy works. At that point you are almost already an established artist. When museums buy your work, you're set, but if a museum like MoMA in New York and the Tate Modern in London buys one of your works, is because they are renowned. To be an established artist, you have to be accepted in the art infrastructure, which are the galleries, critics (the media, newspapers and magazines), trade shows and museums.

Emmanuell, I hope my response is to your satisfaction. Augusto

Chimpan