r/ContemporaryArt

I’m tired. I’ve been in this scene for nearly a decade, not long in absolute terms, but long enough.

Right now the dominant trend seems to be identity (social issues), technology, and vulgarity (shock, disgust, disturbance). Every gallery or major exhibition seems to circle around these three themes. Nothing feels exciting, fun, cool, or genuinely new anymore.

Found this master piece "They reconfigured the Pavilion into a porous epistemic field an exhibition-as-pedagogical apparatus where display collapses into discourse, and viewing is rerouted into collective theorization. Within this reterritorialized space, immigrant-queer-Marxist lineages are not merely referenced but recursively reassembled, frictioned against the urgencies of the contemporary moment, producing a shared cognitive substrate in which subjectivity, pedagogy, and political affect blur into a continuously negotiated assemblage."

Come on now I'm so turned off.

(Not meant to offend anyone, I’m not coming from a conservative agenda)

I started collecting art pieces just last year, and my question is about shaping my collection. Do people mostly collect art from 1-3 markets/countries and shape their collections based on their location and support for the local community? Or does it not play a big role, and can you have a collection with pieces from all around the world as long as it also has a similar theme?

also, please share if there are any good ways to track your collection and artists' news?

Feeling bad for the artists, the gallery had a really exciting roster

Is New York City worth the expense and struggle to be near the museums and galleries? As a mid career artist who's going through some changes, I can dig into NYC, or I can find a quieter place to focus on my work.

The thing is, my career has been faltering because I've had some personal issues for a couple of years. I just haven't been as focused on the career side of my practice. I feel like it might be worth staying for the push it can give a career. I also think finding more space to work away quietly could be a good choice. I appreciate any thoughtful responses.

So I’ve been invited to be in a group show, I am very open to it and will likely end up committing to doing it, but the initial ask is from just the gallerists and the curator with some information about the theme but no information at all about what other artists may be included. This is a frequent issue I run Into with group shows, whether the final curation changes drastically or it’s not mentioned until I have already committed to the show.

I understand that this may sound a bit strategic, but as artists with our limited ability to control the context of how your work is digested, being in conversations/exhibition rooms with artists that feel aligned or, even better, that I enjoy the work of and aspire to, is important to me. And a roster of artists of a certain caliber can sway me greatly even if the gallery itself isn’t one I would typically gravitate towards.

Is it weird to request the list of artists prior to committing? I don’t want to be offensive but I am curious how that is perceived and if there are unspoken rules around it that I am not aware of.

I live outside of centers of the art world. Everybody artists outside of finland seems to be beautiful, like they could post on /selfie/ and get 1k likes. Also even Tiktok artist are talented. There are artist that have major talent and post like "I started yesterday teehee". Finland has a lot of mediocre painters that are popular. Well good ones are good. I realized that I'm also maybe mediocre. When I arrive to finnish side of art tiktok it's just depresses me. There is one female (self-taught) who paints like that monopoly man guy (I don't remember his name, garish stuff but popular amongst rich people) without irony. Anyway... just my observations

An artist residency has popped up recently that I'm interested in. I've not applied to any prior, are there any unwritten rules or things I can do to increase the likelihood of acceptance? Are there any differences between them and a gallery submission? It's free and I am an early career if that changes the approach. Thank you! :]

Hi,

I applied for NLPG funding as a solo practitioner back in Feb. We were supposed to hear back in May, but an email was sent out saying results will only become available in June. I still haven’t heard anything. Is everyone else in the same boat? Have any of you heard back?

Some interesting points about the contemporary art market.

--Collectors looking for stability

--Cutting edge contemporary is down

--Middle and emerging are dropping

--Sales are more local

hi,

I am an artist living in nyc-

how do you break into the art handling biz? all the jobs i see ask that you have years of experience so how does one get started? anyone on here know of any companies that will hire someone who is willing to work hard?

thank you,

Hi, artists (and art enjoyers?)! I’m a writer working on outlining my next project — and my main character happens to be a sculptor. And while I’m a creative myself, I work with words and not, uh… materials? By that I mean I don’t know jack about modern sculpture or art history in general. But I since I want to at least make an attempt at authenticity, I thought I might ask here for some help.

Relevant info: the story is a near future sci-fi that skews Cyberpunk. That means it’s a full-blown capitalist hell-scape, which I imagine would have some major impacts on the time’s popular artistic movements. Are there any easy to understand historical moments where an art movement reflected real world circumstances? Bonus points if it’s a period where average people are gatekept from art while the rich flaunt it as a status symbol without ever investigating any actual meaning!

I also know the “material” he sculpts with — and it’s one he can control with his mind (ooo, future-tech). So I imagine that will heavily influence his ability to do things real sculptors never could. Problem is, I don’t really know what kind of constraints are solved by this science.

It’s also worth mentioning that, for thematic reasons, I’ve given the character a fixation on classical Aestheticism to contrast the brutal and ugly world he lives in.

All that said, does anyone have any good resources I can use to brush up a bit on history, techniques, and… would theory be the right word? I’d also find interviews with sculptors to be very helpful if any good ones come to mind. I would love to better understand how talented ones speak about their work!

Appreciate any help y’all can offer!

Anyone? It's a YouTube channel –'scorned by muses'

25, nyc, worked as a GA for 1.5 yrs after school but the gallery closed last summer. Since then, I've applied to a ton of galleries, had several great interviews, and still no new job. I know i know, galleries are a mess right now and a lot of people criticize those who want to build a career within the gallery world, but this is what i want to do with my life. The job search is just draining me and I am slowly losing faith that I will ever get another job in the art world. Does anyone have any advice for me to get a GA or sales assistant job? Thanks in advance.

i’m majoring in fine arts in korea and i wonder how people from other countries got into art school because in here we often hire art tutors or go to priv art classes to learn how to draw or paint but i heard many other countries don’t do it this way so i’m curious!!!!!
please tell me if this is not appropriate to post on this community :))

Says in their post the decisions will be announced July 1st.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DaA9O2GDWnL/?img_index=1