IF ONLY I COULD BE AS CREATIVE AS YOU
I’m sure a lot of you are familiar with these lines: “I would totally enjoy singing, but I’m a terrible singer.” or “I’d love to act, but I just don’t have the talent for it.” and my favourite “If only…
THE PERKS OF HAVING AN AGENT THAT ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT YOU
From movie stars to singers, everybody in the industry has their own agent. And the same goes for the art world, though we mostly call them gallerists. But apart from the few reading, who have managed to get signed by…
Materials tell their own stories
In today’s hyper-productive world, technological advances are constantly turning scarcity into commodity; Leonardo da Vinci had to pay roughly 5000€ in today’s money (not adjusted for inflation) for about 100g of ultramarine pigment (100g of pure gold would have cost…
IT IS MUCH BETTER TO FAIL REMARKABLY THAN TO BE GOOD AT SOMETHING
Remember the last time you were driving on the highway and decided to stop your car to really look at a billboard ad for breakfast cereal? Neither do I. But what if it was a billboard of your mother-in-law, surfing…
HISTORY DOESN’T REPEAT ITSELF, BUT IT DOES RHYME
We have been making art since the time we were living in caves, so the act of artistic creation is older than civilisation itself. Regardless of whether you’re writing articles, books, poetry or painting or sculpting, you may find that,…
THE ILLUSION OF PREMIUM TOOLS AND MATERIALS
There are millions of tons of paint produced each year around the world. In 2015, India alone (a strong exporter of pigments and paint), produced about 4 million tons. But regardless whether they are Liquitex, Rembrandt, home made or even…
COMPETITION AMONG ARTISTS
Competition is always a question of variables; how many factors do we take into consideration, when choosing an expert; be it designer, plumber or auto mechanic. Usually there are a few that matter most and many that just aren’t that…
THINKING ABOUT YOUR AUDIENCE AND THE POWER OF TASTY ARTWORKS
It was a sunny Tuesday evening in 2016 when British artist Dominic Wilcox opened the doors of his exhibition at the Ugly Duck Gallery in London to the public. Paintings, prints, sculptures and videos were put on display for the…
SERIES AND SINGLE ARTWORKS: Why one picture can’t possibly tell the whole...
Imagine you’re at an exhibition opening talking to a friend about one of your new artworks. She asks you about its meaning — seeing that you made it, surely your insight on what it means to you could help her…
DON’T BE A BORING STORYTELLER
It doesn’t matter if you make perfume, write books, play music, dance or paint, you name it, all forms of communication need some form of interruption of the story you are telling, some drama or unexpected occurrence that makes the…