These videos are growing on me. I am hooked. At 79 years old your youthfulness is a real put-off. Then I thought that the new generation is so much more informed and educated that I had best bury the "the young people today" syndrome and man up. You are an inspiration. And youth like you make me feel the present and the future is in good hands. Thank you for your professionalism and intense dedication. I left the fine art field 2007. Am just now realizing what a loss that has been. I am so excited about what is happening in the art world. You are a wonderful guide.
Thank you so much for your kind words. I appreciate them greatly. The pleasure is all mine and I hope to see you again in the comment section of our future videos! All my best, Julien
Thank you. Losing my eyesight has been a challenge to keep reinventing myself as an visual artist at age 79. Being determined is an asset, as is expetrience and age. Keep creating!
1. Repeatedly tell Black Rock that they still do not own everything.2. Challenge mainstream media narratives, and paint it. 3. Obsess over people who criticise your ideas and try to paint it. 4. Try see if you can make a deal with the Devil in 2024. 5. Its the end - times. Paint something end - times related or try to perform an end - times themed installation. 6. Write novels and short stories. 7. Try write a few poems or even your first script. 8. A few Manga doodles are not going to hurt your time. 9. Read Hermann Hesse and any other writer recommended by Fiction Beast and beyond. 10. Research Book Tube. Thanks for your video man!! Best wishes from Reykjavik, Iceland!!
I love everything you do, not only for the artists but also for the industry - helping artists to evaluate themselves more adequately results in a serious filtering of ideas and better quality. Although some might get discouraged, but most will look for ways to advance themselves and be more professional.
Great comment, thank you so, so much. If my efforts make a difference for only one person, one great artwork, or one artist's career, it is more than worth it. Thank you and wishing you all the best!
I love your channel and website so much. It feels like no one else is making content like this and it's specifically what I'm looking for so thank you .
I’m really grateful for these videos. I am trying to navigate the art world. And I know my art is becoming good. But where to go and how to do this with bad health but a strong desire to succeed. Gallery representation is my goal. Thank you these video’s they are really so helpful. No matter what and how long I’m going to reach the top. Even if it takes years.
Thank you so much for this... As I am mid-life and just deciding to step into art it is very inundating. As someone who is very introverted, and a bit isolated, it feels almost impossible to get my feet wet into the pool of the art world. Your videos are extremely informative and I truly appreciate them. The first steps are indeed the hardest...
Thank you again for videos like this. Back at the easel for 3 years and went down a lot of those dead ends you mentioned from getting bad advice and encountering a lot of grifters. It should always be about the art and finding resonance both in the the work and the art world!
Great way to bring in the new year! I will be taking a hard look at how to best allocate funds. My membership with CAI will continue. I would like to upgrade. As these opportunities arise. The CAI path will as well. One of your readers said, take care of yourself and your art will take care of you. A truly inspirational comment! Your readers comments are sometimes as helpful as yours😊
Hi Daniel, happy 2024! That's wonderful, thank you so so much 🙏 What a great comment indeed. I very much enjoy our comment section with every video. Blessed to see so many interesting art people come together to have a chat.
Thank you. In the vain of your organized information… I feel being in the right good resonance and finding the ones who can hold this as a small group … makes a small path for others. I find that when I have at least one good other to share as well as at least them or another to look and discuss about ongoing work. A Good Thing. I’ve noticed I’ll come up with my next step or idea… and then see it online. Which is good to push me to the next step. So far your information sets a vision of good foundation and clarity to help me at least find authentic ways to express, create and also live with the true possibility of livelihood. That many might find a home foundation as well . Such a gift you have. Happy New Year. In Gratitude, Janet
Dear Janet, thank you so much for tuning in and for your comment. I wish you all the best from the bottom of my heart! Have a great day and year. All my best, Julien
Here is a question I’m not sure you have touched on yet: Being an aspiring artist myself, I watch all the major art exhibitions I can find on TH-cam. And as I’m watching, I find myself asking, as for the Art Basel Miami for example, who are these people that are spending the $500,000 or 1 million on the art and what are they doing with it. I wish I had that much money to spend on some of those art pieces. I would love to find a place for one in my house or office. Is that what these people are doing with them or are the pieces going into some art locker, or being loaned to museums or art galleries? Does someone know what the percentage is of these art pieces being used as home or office decorations? More importantly, should I be considering this question when displaying my art at galleries and exhibitions. For example, should I have photos of my art in a home or office setting, or photograph the art piece on a colored wall that complements the art piece, or maybe frame the art piece?
First, I find this channel interesting and insightful. I've been creating art for 30 years. I've shown in smaller galleries, won awards and many plein air events, and over the last two years, been juried in to a dozen outdoor art festivals throughout Florida. I live in Florida and finally took the time to go to Basel in Miami this year. What an eye-opening and educational experience. Personally, most of the art I saw at Basel I wouldn't hang in my home, whether I could afford it or not. And I can't :) What I learned was buyers at that level are (primarily) investors who are usually not even on the floor. Their agents make the purchase for them on opening night or the first day of the show. And like buying stock, you are betting on a rising star or known blue chip artist, and purchasing an item with the hopes that it will increase in value over the years. Hanging it in your home is not the reason for purchasing. Along this line, Art Miami, Context and Red Dot fairs actually had contemporary art I would hang in my home, and could almost afford. I'm an artist, and I mostly collect my own art. At the fairs surrounding Basel in Miami I learned just how competitive and difficult it is to be "found" and how expensive it is to represent yourself. I'm about to show at Art Palm Beach in two weeks and it cost me 2k to be part of one gallery's exhibit. And for that I get one 12x6 ft wall, enough for one large painting. I know I can compete. It's just a matter of getting approval from one person (or a couple) who purchases my art. If that can happen, my gallery rep may just ask me to come back again and I begin to expand my network.
Thank you for tuning in and for a series of interesting questions. The top-tier collectors range from entrepreneurs to people born wealthy and collecting as a hobby, corporate investors, and art speculators. I don't believe there is data available for this specific price range of buyers but many of them have the art in their homes, others have large warehouses where they store their art, and others indeed gift it to a museum. When it comes to your second question if you should present your art as an ideal piece to decorate an interior, the answer is no. In fact, it is kind of frowned upon to photograph your art as decoration or to create these typical renders of a painting above a couch or in a dining room. It reduces art to being decoration and is primarily something the lower tier artists and galleries (especially online) do. My advice when pursuing success in the highest realms of the art world is to avoid this at all times. Only show your art as an art, never as decoration, and photograph it in an artistic high-end context (high-quality exhibition views). Hope this might clarify things!
@@contemporaryartissueoh wow I have to admit, that's very interesting. That's maybe why my most liked artwork is the one where I am sitting on some steps with the artwork 😅.
I really appreciate the content! I learn a lot from it. This is exactly my goal: to be a recognized contemporary artist. I also know that I need to leave time for learning and development, and build a great strategy. Thanks! And I love your dog! :)
Superb channel with advice that is realistic, actually useful and demystifying. One teeny weeny criticism would be to PLEASE leave out or reduce the extremely cheesy awful stock videos that do not reflect the message and advice of CAI; especially the videos showing exactly the type of “art” that is NOT going to help artists become successful in the art world that this channel is representing. Big mismatch and could be confusing for inexperienced artists who are trying to break into that particular market… but other than that I do love this channel!! Thanks for your great work! 👏 😊
Amen! Thank you for this great piece of feedback, because I completely agree with the cheesiness and bad art in those stock videos. People disliked the video in the past when there wasn't enough B-roll footage and seeing my face a bit too much hence using the stock videos for some variation. It simply is very difficult to find the right footage to illustrate everything that is copyright free, so I won't get into trouble. Nevertheless, I am happy you shared your honest thoughts here and I will put them to good use. Have a great day!
A small suggestion on that front, maybe artists in your community could submit b-roll of their work for your videos. A win-win. Not going to suggest specific artists or anything but *cough* (@CliffwindArt) 😁😅
I love this channel even if am am a retired attorney in Iceland and a wanna be artist. Could you be so kind to give me advice about how a 65 year old can become a successful artist rather sooner than later ? Thank you again for invaluable content that is surely helping me on my artistic journey.
The pleasure is all mine! The mentioned seminars can be found on our TH-cam channel or in our separate playlist 'Career Advice for Artists.' I will be presenting them more coherently and chronologically in the upcoming info course. Stay tuned!
I was in the first ever frieze art fair & yearbook as a 23 yo car crash. I'm type one diabetic & as I had to miss a signing on day to attend the opening, I was regularly hospitalized due to not wanting the extra stress of deceiving anyone, even jobcentre plus. Galleries are closed when people are free, even on Sundays, let alone after the working day. I can't abide that on ANY level & really want heads. Key information flows like treacle & art club seems to enforce that, so we all look like cXXts by association. All this makes angrier more inept artwork when that can happen. Where's the skint type one diabetic artists & accurate advice from success stories..? Looking for help's the worst thing, but in vague umbrella terms, you're helpful! Keep on keeping on!
They do want to attract people and I don't think we can blame them to close on Sunday when everyone closes. I advise you to always go during openings. Everyone is very accessible and there is a very social vibe in the gallery-perhaps that's the drinks doing their work. Wishing the very best for 2024!
this guy is probably a good seller, not sure if of (good) art, but defenetly good in convince people they need his guidance to enter the art world. Congrats :)))
Great question! I did write an introductory article on the art of collecting a while back, feel free to give it a read over here: www.contemporaryartissue.com/how-to-collect-art-101-the-art-of-collecting-art/ However, I do intend to provide more advice for collectors in the foreseeable future. Have a great day!
Thanks a lot ... Your channel should be subsidized by the mutual fund... As soon as I want to give up I watch one of your videos and I come back to work... All the best to you ✨
Thank you so much for your kind words. Don't give up, never! Keep going and enjoy every second of it, even when things get tough. Wishing you all the best!
If you work in multiple mediums (ie. painting, photography, and poetry) can those be on the same profile? How to present yourself as a multidisciplinary artist?
How can "false information" be an issue in making art, or a career... there's no thing in the artist's world, who has integrity and a brain... but the rest of your advice is excellent!
Your channel is very insightful, thank you ! I do have a question…… is it possible to create art with an alias? How would you move in an event if you don’t want to be known?… you want your art to do all the talking.
You can use an alias, but since Banksy, everyone seems to be anonymous or use a cool, mysterious alias. I would advise only using one when it makes sense for your personal situation or art. If not, use your own name-which is the best and safest option in my opinion. In the end, you need to put yourself out there if you want to get into a position to be lucky, including showing your face, name, and personality. Perhaps this is not the answer you were hoping for, but it is the most truthful way to answer your question. Wishing you all the best!
I follow your channel and alongside one other it helps me a lot in my artistic journey. I am 53 and find the fact I used to work in communication helps a lot especially establishing a strategy. The art work is also a business and when you know a little about those rules it helps you a lot. My experience told me that you cannot succeed by only listening to those social media "professionals" but hard work, discipline, patience and humilty are the keys of a successful evolution.
So many opinions about art. I love it. Enjoy your channel and thanks for giving all this a go. I’m currently painting sexy vegetables in oils and really enjoying myself :-)
И вас с Новым годом🎄. Рада вашим успехам в прошедшем году👍. И желаю Вам новых успехов в новом году♻️, и спасибо за добрые советы. 🤗👍. Не соглашусь с вами по поводу пейзажей, они сейчас в тренде, именно реалистичные и в фото и в живописи, у нас есть "передвижники," которые этим занимались в 19 веке, мне они на данный момент очень интересны , их унылые реалистичные пейзажи интересны и актуальны сейчас в отличие от , скажем совсем недавнего времени🤗
Thank you so much, all my best for the new year to you too! Landscape painting is indeed very trending today, as is figurative painting in general for the past decade. However, they always manage to give it a contemporary twist. I am planning a video on emerging landscape painters in the foreseeable future so feel free to stay tuned. All my best, Julien
Thanks for a great content. It used to be like just make good art and you will be discovered by galleries and museums, but now you have to do all the things he mentioned and make great art and make a living while you are pursuing your artistic career. Geese! I'm so exhausted😂
Yes, I am a big fan of Ghenie and enjoy seeing his works frequently at Tim Van Laere Gallery in Antwerp. However, my favorite artists from Cluj are perhaps Victor Man and Mircea Suciu.
Bram Demunter. thanks just saw this mythical painter also with that gallery. very cool! Mircea Suciu is clear influence in your painting, great work!@@contemporaryartissue
Bram Demunter has excellent work! In fact, I was considering to feature Bram in an upcoming video on artists to watch in 2024... Concerning Suciu, I completely agree, and the similarities came very natural-as if our minds think and operate alike@@macraghneall6883
The reason why so many artists cannot make a living from their calling is not because there are “too many” artists. It's because art is not a disposable product. As a rule, created works of art remain on the market. From an economic point of view, as an artist you are not only in competition with living artists but also with all other established artists from every century.
Sorry Sir..! but this won't work for self-taught artist's like me...! From where am I supposed to bring industry approved artist resume and professional artist biodata..? Artist gallery contract is completely out of question.
Feel free to read our article on how to improve your resume with no experience here: www.contemporaryartissue.com/10-ways-anyone-can-improve-their-blank-artist-resume/ You can also consult our video on how to become a successful self-taught artist in 6 steps here: th-cam.com/video/sZOiXiyR3VY/w-d-xo.html
When it comes to art it is still more about you than your CV. Who are you as a person and why do you create what you are creating. What people want it authenticity and it shows in your art. If your art matches who you are and you present both of it, it will be way easier to sell art. No one of my art buyers have ever asked me for those things.
You forgot the most important one: take a dog😊. Being successful means dealing with stress. Dogs are excellent stress relievers that help you through the bad times 😊👋
Yes, a very interesting paper on quantifying success in the art world-the image at 09:09 is in fact an illustration from that very paper. The research is a great reference, but I am not always satisfied with the interpretation by its authors. Food for thought!
Such a beautiful Country. We visited Brussels for our 40th birthdays while my husband was having his first solo european show at Alain Noirhomme (now closed) on regents street back in 2006. The City's art scene was still growing. I hope one day we can meet. Best from Perris, CA@@contemporaryartissue
Art is subjective. Who decides what is " good" art? I've seen some art done by famous people that has made me wonder what they were thinking or smoking when they created it. I have created some pieces of my own that i was neautral on that other people loved. Who's to judge and say what is good? Vincent Van Gogh's work was criticized severely and he only made one sale during his lifetime and that was to another artist. You as an artist need a promoter. Artists in general are not good sales people. The only artists i met who are making sales are selling kitschy stuff very cheaply.
I appreciate that you share helpful advice and insights for free but it took you more than 5min to actually share the 'strategies' and that's a long time
Thank you for tuning in. I always add time stamps to indicate the different chapters in the video. I am convinced understanding the context is crucial to understand your reality as an artist, hence spending some time on expanding the context for this video. Thank you for the feedback!
How about, do you have something artistically meaningful to convey, and...are you talented? I see a lot of talented artists, but they are drawing tiger portraits or Kobe Bryant. They don't stand out in the crowd. Are you or others moved by your work, do you want to reveal something to the art world that maybe hasn't been seen or felt before in the way you intend to show it? Start there, not on Instagram.
Yes probably true, My son says your advice it’s very good and he has two carees and a master in communication , speaks five languages and bla bla so on..too many things for me to remember,. So you must be very good with advice , thank you My son in spite of me, he is starting to put my work out there.He thinks my work deserves better , not me , we always argue, so has decided to make the effort. The only thing I’ve asked is total anonymity , my face will not be there I hope he respects that..,he’ll see how it goes. Still think If Francis Bacon works , where to be judged by his studio, (from another video posted ) no one would have ever seen his work with this theory.(my studio it’s even worse) Tristan is certainly having a hard time with me.I am from another century . Also I still feel luck is important, with so many artists it’s like picking a needle from hay… By the way ,from an old lady, you are very handsome . Thank goodness he is not going to read this comment, he would certainly end up giving up on me 😄
I prefer not to call out anyone publicly-but I guess it is safe to say he is providing a lot of click-bait thumbnails and video titles. Have a great day!
How can it be the most important part if without networking the 60% are worthless? By saying that you actually suggest that if you ignore the other parts as Resume and Network younwould still have a chance of over 60% of getting recogn?@contemporaryartissue
If only it was so simple. Just buy my tools and you ll be successful.This is all bullshit ! To be successful ( if this means living off you art ) you need to have à gift ,be born with it ,work hard and be lucky not like Gauguin,Van Gogh,Modigliani,Vermeer...so many other grands maîtres which were only famous after their deaths. If you don't have this gift which enables to create the émotion in peoples heart ,you ll be an excellent technicien and there are tons of .around.
Isn't Networking a contradiction?if the art is the most important part...how come you would still.be unrecognisable if heaving no network? 50% is already a lot yet without networks the 50% are worthless....so actually it is WHO YOU KNOW on first place...andbthen the art comes kn second. Otherwise people should still have a 50-50 chance of getting recognised by not Networking at all...and lets be honnest! How manybtumes does that happen really?! If you put resumes and bio on 3 place...how can you have a good resume if not Networking? Yeah sure...the art on first place my ass....sorry but you try to sell a product here. You know exactly how it all works.
Blah, blah, blah. I have a permanent job.I paint for my own enjoyment, and have sold more paintings than a friend of mine who TRIES to make a living out of art, and is failing miserably, because he listens to fools like you. I just paint from my heart, enjoys it and there are people who appreciate it and buy it. There is no magic solution.
@@billmaxgetser3069 Who's Walton Ford? Im not interested in his advice. I do my iwn thing and are reasonably successful. Remember, painting is NOT how I make living. It's more of a rewarding hobby. Many artists fail, because they want to replicate what others do, and listen to advice that doesn't suit their situation. So, Walton Ford can go to hell.
Please could you make a video on how to make it in the Art Industry - not as an artist but as an employee. The different types of jobs, and career paths in Commercial Galleries and how to work yourself up to become a Director, Gallery Manager, Curator etc. There is a big jump between Gallery Assistant and Director, it would be great to know how to do to get there! @sara.kew
These videos are growing on me. I am hooked. At 79 years old your youthfulness is a real put-off. Then I thought that the new generation is so much more informed and educated that I had best bury the "the young people today" syndrome and man up. You are an inspiration. And youth like you make me feel the present and the future is in good hands. Thank you for your professionalism and intense dedication. I left the fine art field 2007. Am just now realizing what a loss that has been. I am so excited about what is happening in the art world. You are a wonderful guide.
Thank you so much for your kind words. I appreciate them greatly. The pleasure is all mine and I hope to see you again in the comment section of our future videos! All my best, Julien
As we age we need to make new friends. By default, our new friends are going to be younger.
Thank you. Losing my eyesight has been a challenge to keep reinventing myself as an visual artist at age 79. Being determined is an asset, as is expetrience and age. Keep creating!
Its abit late aint it
1. Repeatedly tell Black Rock that they still do not own everything.2. Challenge mainstream media narratives, and paint it. 3. Obsess over people who criticise your ideas and try to paint it. 4. Try see if you can make a deal with the Devil in 2024. 5. Its the end - times. Paint something end - times related or try to perform an end - times themed installation. 6. Write novels and short stories. 7. Try write a few poems or even your first script. 8. A few Manga doodles are not going to hurt your time. 9. Read Hermann Hesse and any other writer recommended by Fiction Beast and beyond. 10. Research Book Tube. Thanks for your video man!! Best wishes from Reykjavik, Iceland!!
Stop looking at my sketchbooks! You're talking about the themes I love lol.
Bravo!
Haha factsssss💥💥💥😤
I started witchcraft 😂
I love everything you do, not only for the artists but also for the industry - helping artists to evaluate themselves more adequately results in a serious filtering of ideas and better quality. Although some might get discouraged, but most will look for ways to advance themselves and be more professional.
Great comment, thank you so, so much. If my efforts make a difference for only one person, one great artwork, or one artist's career, it is more than worth it. Thank you and wishing you all the best!
Happy New Year to you and the CAI team. You are doing artists and the artworld a great service.
Thank you so much 🙏🙏 My warmest wishes for the new year to you too!
Thanks!
I love your channel and website so much. It feels like no one else is making content like this and it's specifically what I'm looking for so thank you .
Valeu! Thanks!
Thank you so much, Vicente!! My warmest wishes for 2024!
I’m really grateful for these videos. I am trying to navigate the art world. And I know my art is becoming good. But where to go and how to do this with bad health but a strong desire to succeed. Gallery representation is my goal.
Thank you these video’s they are really so helpful. No matter what and how long I’m going to reach the top. Even if it takes years.
Thank you so much for this... As I am mid-life and just deciding to step into art it is very inundating. As someone who is very introverted, and a bit isolated, it feels almost impossible to get my feet wet into the pool of the art world. Your videos are extremely informative and I truly appreciate them. The first steps are indeed the hardest...
Thanks so much for your perspective and guidance. It’s really useful
Thank you as always for this helpful suggestions! Hope the upcoming year will be beneficial also for you more than ever
The pleasure is all mine; thank you once more for your loyal support, Filippo! Wishing you all the best as well for the upcoming year!
Thank you again for videos like this. Back at the easel for 3 years and went down a lot of those dead ends you mentioned from getting bad advice and encountering a lot of grifters. It should always be about the art and finding resonance both in the the work and the art world!
Great way to bring in the new year! I will be taking a hard look at how to best allocate funds.
My membership with CAI will continue. I would like to upgrade. As these opportunities arise. The CAI path will as well. One of your readers said, take care of yourself and your art will take care of you. A truly inspirational comment!
Your readers comments are sometimes as helpful as yours😊
Hi Daniel, happy 2024! That's wonderful, thank you so so much 🙏 What a great comment indeed. I very much enjoy our comment section with every video. Blessed to see so many interesting art people come together to have a chat.
Thank you. In the vain of your organized information… I feel being in the right good resonance and finding the ones who can hold this as a small group … makes a small path for others. I find that when I have at least one good other to share as well as at least them or another to look and discuss about ongoing work. A Good Thing.
I’ve noticed I’ll come up with my next step or idea… and then see it online. Which is good to push me to the next step. So far your information sets a vision of good foundation and clarity to help me at least find authentic ways to express, create and also live with the true possibility of livelihood. That many might find a home foundation as well . Such a gift you have. Happy New Year. In Gratitude, Janet
Dear Janet, thank you so much for tuning in and for your comment. I wish you all the best from the bottom of my heart! Have a great day and year. All my best, Julien
Your dog is a good boy!! 😍
yes he is :o
Greetings from the both of us 🐶👋 and thank you for tuning in!
Here is a question I’m not sure you have touched on yet: Being an aspiring artist myself, I watch all the major art exhibitions I can find on TH-cam. And as I’m watching, I find myself asking, as for the Art Basel Miami for example, who are these people that are spending the $500,000 or 1 million on the art and what are they doing with it. I wish I had that much money to spend on some of those art pieces. I would love to find a place for one in my house or office. Is that what these people are doing with them or are the pieces going into some art locker, or being loaned to museums or art galleries? Does someone know what the percentage is of these art pieces being used as home or office decorations? More importantly, should I be considering this question when displaying my art at galleries and exhibitions. For example, should I have photos of my art in a home or office setting, or photograph the art piece on a colored wall that complements the art piece, or maybe frame the art piece?
First, I find this channel interesting and insightful. I've been creating art for 30 years. I've shown in smaller galleries, won awards and many plein air events, and over the last two years, been juried in to a dozen outdoor art festivals throughout Florida. I live in Florida and finally took the time to go to Basel in Miami this year. What an eye-opening and educational experience. Personally, most of the art I saw at Basel I wouldn't hang in my home, whether I could afford it or not. And I can't :) What I learned was buyers at that level are (primarily) investors who are usually not even on the floor. Their agents make the purchase for them on opening night or the first day of the show. And like buying stock, you are betting on a rising star or known blue chip artist, and purchasing an item with the hopes that it will increase in value over the years. Hanging it in your home is not the reason for purchasing.
Along this line, Art Miami, Context and Red Dot fairs actually had contemporary art I would hang in my home, and could almost afford. I'm an artist, and I mostly collect my own art. At the fairs surrounding Basel in Miami I learned just how competitive and difficult it is to be "found" and how expensive it is to represent yourself.
I'm about to show at Art Palm Beach in two weeks and it cost me 2k to be part of one gallery's exhibit. And for that I get one 12x6 ft wall, enough for one large painting. I know I can compete. It's just a matter of getting approval from one person (or a couple) who purchases my art. If that can happen, my gallery rep may just ask me to come back again and I begin to expand my network.
I highly recommend you to watch the documentary "The Price of Everything", Nathaniel Kahn, 2018.
Thank you for tuning in and for a series of interesting questions. The top-tier collectors range from entrepreneurs to people born wealthy and collecting as a hobby, corporate investors, and art speculators. I don't believe there is data available for this specific price range of buyers but many of them have the art in their homes, others have large warehouses where they store their art, and others indeed gift it to a museum. When it comes to your second question if you should present your art as an ideal piece to decorate an interior, the answer is no. In fact, it is kind of frowned upon to photograph your art as decoration or to create these typical renders of a painting above a couch or in a dining room. It reduces art to being decoration and is primarily something the lower tier artists and galleries (especially online) do. My advice when pursuing success in the highest realms of the art world is to avoid this at all times. Only show your art as an art, never as decoration, and photograph it in an artistic high-end context (high-quality exhibition views). Hope this might clarify things!
@@contemporaryartissueoh wow I have to admit, that's very interesting. That's maybe why my most liked artwork is the one where I am sitting on some steps with the artwork 😅.
@@paintingsbypintaryou mostly collect your own art??? Doesn't every artist?
Happy to give like number 1000. Julian deserves 1.000.000❤
Thank you for your time and knowledge
I really appreciate the content! I learn a lot from it. This is exactly my goal: to be a recognized contemporary artist. I also know that I need to leave time for learning and development, and build a great strategy. Thanks!
And I love your dog! :)
Superb channel with advice that is realistic, actually useful and demystifying. One teeny weeny criticism would be to PLEASE leave out or reduce the extremely cheesy awful stock videos that do not reflect the message and advice of CAI; especially the videos showing exactly the type of “art” that is NOT going to help artists become successful in the art world that this channel is representing. Big mismatch and could be confusing for inexperienced artists who are trying to break into that particular market… but other than that I do love this channel!! Thanks for your great work! 👏 😊
Amen! Thank you for this great piece of feedback, because I completely agree with the cheesiness and bad art in those stock videos. People disliked the video in the past when there wasn't enough B-roll footage and seeing my face a bit too much hence using the stock videos for some variation. It simply is very difficult to find the right footage to illustrate everything that is copyright free, so I won't get into trouble. Nevertheless, I am happy you shared your honest thoughts here and I will put them to good use. Have a great day!
A small suggestion on that front, maybe artists in your community could submit b-roll of their work for your videos. A win-win. Not going to suggest specific artists or anything but *cough* (@CliffwindArt) 😁😅
Julien, can we have a video about your own artwork? I find it very interesting
Very much appreciate your no-bs message here. Grateful for your honesty.
Great content. Really well done. I absolutely love the dog. It makes me wonder what it is thinking. Does it dream of Art also?
I love this channel even if am am a retired attorney in Iceland and a wanna be artist. Could you be so kind to give me advice about how a 65 year old can become a successful artist rather sooner than later ? Thank you again for invaluable content that is surely helping me on my artistic journey.
Thanks for the vid. Are you related to Dries Ketels. It's striking just how much you look and sound like him.
Thank uou for your video! Where can I see the list of the seminars mentioned in it? It was too fast to follow…
The pleasure is all mine! The mentioned seminars can be found on our TH-cam channel or in our separate playlist 'Career Advice for Artists.' I will be presenting them more coherently and chronologically in the upcoming info course. Stay tuned!
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I was in the first ever frieze art fair & yearbook as a 23 yo car crash. I'm type one diabetic & as I had to miss a signing on day to attend the opening, I was regularly hospitalized due to not wanting the extra stress of deceiving anyone, even jobcentre plus. Galleries are closed when people are free, even on Sundays, let alone after the working day. I can't abide that on ANY level & really want heads. Key information flows like treacle & art club seems to enforce that, so we all look like cXXts by association. All this makes angrier more inept artwork when that can happen. Where's the skint type one diabetic artists & accurate advice from success stories..? Looking for help's the worst thing, but in vague umbrella terms, you're helpful! Keep on keeping on!
They do want to attract people and I don't think we can blame them to close on Sunday when everyone closes. I advise you to always go during openings. Everyone is very accessible and there is a very social vibe in the gallery-perhaps that's the drinks doing their work. Wishing the very best for 2024!
this guy is probably a good seller, not sure if of (good) art, but defenetly good in convince people they need his guidance to enter the art world. Congrats :)))
We love your videos 😊keep it up friend ❤ this is art
Thank you so much, will do! And I love your support ❤🫡🙌
such a great resource, thank you!
The pleasure is all mine, thank you for tuning in!
I've always enjoyed your insights. Thank you❤
Exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you.
May I ask, in a similar vein as with this episode, has CAI ever covered the subject “How To Become a Successful Art Collector”?
Great question! I did write an introductory article on the art of collecting a while back, feel free to give it a read over here: www.contemporaryartissue.com/how-to-collect-art-101-the-art-of-collecting-art/ However, I do intend to provide more advice for collectors in the foreseeable future. Have a great day!
Thanks a lot ... Your channel should be subsidized by the mutual fund... As soon as I want to give up I watch one of your videos and I come back to work... All the best to you ✨
Thank you so much for your kind words. Don't give up, never! Keep going and enjoy every second of it, even when things get tough. Wishing you all the best!
Thank you very much for soir work!
Excellent. Thank you. 👌🏽✨
Thank you so much, the pleasure is all mine 🙏
If you work in multiple mediums (ie. painting, photography, and poetry) can those be on the same profile? How to present yourself as a multidisciplinary artist?
How can "false information" be an issue in making art, or a career... there's no thing in the artist's world, who has integrity and a brain... but the rest of your advice is excellent!
How to make a industry approval profile ? Please reply
Your channel is very insightful, thank you ! I do have a question…… is it possible to create art with an alias? How would you move in an event if you don’t want to be known?… you want your art to do all the talking.
You can use an alias, but since Banksy, everyone seems to be anonymous or use a cool, mysterious alias. I would advise only using one when it makes sense for your personal situation or art. If not, use your own name-which is the best and safest option in my opinion. In the end, you need to put yourself out there if you want to get into a position to be lucky, including showing your face, name, and personality. Perhaps this is not the answer you were hoping for, but it is the most truthful way to answer your question. Wishing you all the best!
I follow your channel and alongside one other it helps me a lot in my artistic journey. I am 53 and find the fact I used to work in communication helps a lot especially establishing a strategy. The art work is also a business and when you know a little about those rules it helps you a lot. My experience told me that you cannot succeed by only listening to those social media "professionals" but hard work, discipline, patience and humilty are the keys of a successful evolution.
NIce! Great information for Artists who want shows.
That dog is adorable 🐶🦮🦴🐾
Does any of this apply to photographers?
Absolutely! Fine art photography operates in the highest realms of the contemporary art world as well.
@@contemporaryartissue Thank you
So many opinions about art. I love it. Enjoy your channel and thanks for giving all this a go. I’m currently painting sexy vegetables in oils and really enjoying myself :-)
Usually people are very secretive about all this, what is your motivation to share everything with so much transparency?
Thanks
И вас с Новым годом🎄. Рада вашим успехам в прошедшем году👍. И желаю Вам новых успехов в новом году♻️, и спасибо за добрые советы. 🤗👍.
Не соглашусь с вами по поводу пейзажей, они сейчас в тренде, именно реалистичные и в фото и в живописи, у нас есть "передвижники," которые этим занимались в 19 веке, мне они на данный момент очень интересны , их унылые реалистичные пейзажи интересны и актуальны сейчас в отличие от , скажем совсем недавнего времени🤗
Thank you so much, all my best for the new year to you too! Landscape painting is indeed very trending today, as is figurative painting in general for the past decade. However, they always manage to give it a contemporary twist. I am planning a video on emerging landscape painters in the foreseeable future so feel free to stay tuned. All my best, Julien
I guess this just cements the fact that I don't want to be an artist. Thank you for the video
May God bless you!
Thanks for a great content.
It used to be like just make good art and you will be discovered by galleries and museums, but now you have to do all the things he mentioned and make great art and make a living while you are pursuing your artistic career. Geese! I'm so exhausted😂
I needed you twenty years ago
Perhaps it is not too late just yet! Wishing you all the best
How can I connect with you directly Sir. I mean in direct with you. Passionate to get direct insights from you. pls reply
do you like adrian ghenie CAI? true successor of bacon or whats your opinion? i know you like the cluj guys at least.
Yes, I am a big fan of Ghenie and enjoy seeing his works frequently at Tim Van Laere Gallery in Antwerp. However, my favorite artists from Cluj are perhaps Victor Man and Mircea Suciu.
Bram Demunter. thanks just saw this mythical painter also with that gallery. very cool! Mircea Suciu is clear influence in your painting, great work!@@contemporaryartissue
Bram Demunter has excellent work! In fact, I was considering to feature Bram in an upcoming video on artists to watch in 2024... Concerning Suciu, I completely agree, and the similarities came very natural-as if our minds think and operate alike@@macraghneall6883
The reason why so many artists cannot make a living from their calling is not because there are “too many” artists. It's because art is not a disposable product. As a rule, created works of art remain on the market. From an economic point of view, as an artist you are not only in competition with living artists but also with all other established artists from every century.
Sorry Sir..! but this won't work for self-taught artist's like me...! From where am I supposed to bring industry approved artist resume and professional artist biodata..? Artist gallery contract is completely out of question.
Feel free to read our article on how to improve your resume with no experience here: www.contemporaryartissue.com/10-ways-anyone-can-improve-their-blank-artist-resume/ You can also consult our video on how to become a successful self-taught artist in 6 steps here: th-cam.com/video/sZOiXiyR3VY/w-d-xo.html
When it comes to art it is still more about you than your CV. Who are you as a person and why do you create what you are creating. What people want it authenticity and it shows in your art. If your art matches who you are and you present both of it, it will be way easier to sell art. No one of my art buyers have ever asked me for those things.
Elitest Charry picking and setting the trends and prices is the bigger problem.
The sweetest friend next to him
The best assistant ever 🐶 Greetings from us both!
Salamat po
You forgot the most important one: take a dog😊. Being successful means dealing with stress. Dogs are excellent stress relievers that help you through the bad times 😊👋
Excatly! I approve this comment 200%, they can get us through anything. Best wishes!
@@contemporaryartissue The best wishes to you too!!
Hope your little assistant is doing well! :)
She's doing so great, thank you for asking :-) Have a great day and stay in touch!
3:56 very clever
Thanks for the video. Good doggie (:
"my art is a unique way of expression and uses color and paint to explore new feelings and emotions" hahaha
Haven't watched the entire video yet before having to plead with you to please pet your adorable dog. 😂
There is a very cool video from the WELL page on youtube called -The fascinating science behind who succeeds in art . Its a interesting watch
Yes, a very interesting paper on quantifying success in the art world-the image at 09:09 is in fact an illustration from that very paper. The research is a great reference, but I am not always satisfied with the interpretation by its authors. Food for thought!
I'm only subscribing because of the dog!
Russian? Where are you from? Your accent is great.
Belgian (Flemish). Thank you!
Such a beautiful Country. We visited Brussels for our 40th birthdays while my husband was having his first solo european show at Alain Noirhomme (now closed) on regents street back in 2006. The City's art scene was still growing. I hope one day we can meet. Best from Perris, CA@@contemporaryartissue
That would be great indeed, my best wishes to all of you!@@andymadrid5626
Thank you!@@contemporaryartissue
The dog's expression the whole video: why am i here?
Art is subjective. Who decides what is " good" art? I've seen some art done by famous people that has made me wonder what they were thinking or smoking when they created it. I have created some pieces of my own that i was neautral on that other people loved. Who's to judge and say what is good? Vincent Van Gogh's work was criticized severely and he only made one sale during his lifetime and that was to another artist. You as an artist need a promoter. Artists in general are not good sales people. The only artists i met who are making sales are selling kitschy stuff very cheaply.
Funk the art world
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Dog thinks “when will he say a word I understand”
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Cheers! 🙌
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I still don't understand what your real motivation is for producing these videos...
Make money on youtube...
I appreciate that you share helpful advice and insights for free but it took you more than 5min to actually share the 'strategies' and that's a long time
Thank you for tuning in. I always add time stamps to indicate the different chapters in the video. I am convinced understanding the context is crucial to understand your reality as an artist, hence spending some time on expanding the context for this video. Thank you for the feedback!
Is it just me? This video has no sound.
What did you say?
How about, do you have something artistically meaningful to convey, and...are you talented? I see a lot of talented artists, but they are drawing tiger portraits or Kobe Bryant. They don't stand out in the crowd. Are you or others moved by your work, do you want to reveal something to the art world that maybe hasn't been seen or felt before in the way you intend to show it? Start there, not on Instagram.
Can I pet that dawg
You start to sound like one of those bussiness motivators scam
Yes probably true,
My son says your advice it’s very good and he has two carees and a master in communication , speaks five languages and bla bla so on..too many things for me to remember,.
So you must be very good with advice , thank you
My son in spite of me, he is starting to put my work out there.He thinks my work deserves better , not me , we always argue, so has decided to make the effort. The only thing I’ve asked is total anonymity , my face will not be there I hope he respects that..,he’ll see how it goes.
Still think If Francis Bacon works , where to be judged by his studio, (from another video posted )
no one would have ever seen his work with this theory.(my studio it’s even worse)
Tristan is certainly having a hard time with me.I am from another century .
Also I still feel luck is important, with so many artists it’s like picking a needle from hay…
By the way ,from an old lady, you are very handsome .
Thank goodness he is not going to read this comment, he would certainly end up giving up on me 😄
Is Dries Ketels legit?
I prefer not to call out anyone publicly-but I guess it is safe to say he is providing a lot of click-bait thumbnails and video titles. Have a great day!
@@contemporaryartissue So I assume to read the answer between the lines. Thanks, you too!
Why have you all made this so damn difficult?? This is way too much to function as an artist today!!!
only 50 % is sad
Perhaps it 60, maybe even more. It is very difficult to put a number on it-but it is the most important part without a single doubt.
How can it be the most important part if without networking the 60% are worthless? By saying that you actually suggest that if you ignore the other parts as Resume and Network younwould still have a chance of over 60% of getting recogn?@contemporaryartissue
Классный пес
If only it was so simple. Just buy my tools and you ll be successful.This is all bullshit ! To be successful ( if this means living off you art ) you need to have à gift ,be born with it ,work hard and be lucky not like Gauguin,Van Gogh,Modigliani,Vermeer...so many other grands maîtres which were only famous after their deaths. If you don't have this gift which enables to create the émotion in peoples heart ,you ll be an excellent technicien and there are tons of .around.
This is not real advice but instead vague descriptions of what being an artist actually is. Hack video
What if I love art but don’t want to be part of the pretentious pricks club tbat the art world is?
Isn't Networking a contradiction?if the art is the most important part...how come you would still.be unrecognisable if heaving no network? 50% is already a lot yet without networks the 50% are worthless....so actually it is WHO YOU KNOW on first place...andbthen the art comes kn second. Otherwise people should still have a 50-50 chance of getting recognised by not Networking at all...and lets be honnest! How manybtumes does that happen really?! If you put resumes and bio on 3 place...how can you have a good resume if not Networking? Yeah sure...the art on first place my ass....sorry but you try to sell a product here. You know exactly how it all works.
contemporary art so dead.... I want that fascination again when I first saw public performance work... word 'success' already feel so boring....
I DON'T WANT TO MAKE VIDEOS.HOW CAN I DO THIS ANOTHER WAY???!!!!
Idk what his first language is but his accent is distracting asf.
Blah, blah, blah. I have a permanent job.I paint for my own enjoyment, and have sold more paintings than a friend of mine who TRIES to make a living out of art, and is failing miserably, because he listens to fools like you. I just paint from my heart, enjoys it and there are people who appreciate it and buy it. There is no magic solution.
Walton Ford would disagree. check him out as a modern example for how to represent yourself and your work tastefully and effectively.
@@billmaxgetser3069 Who's Walton Ford? Im not interested in his advice. I do my iwn thing and are reasonably successful. Remember, painting is NOT how I make living. It's more of a rewarding hobby. Many artists fail, because they want to replicate what others do, and listen to advice that doesn't suit their situation. So, Walton Ford can go to hell.
haha ok, thanks for tuning in. @@desertstar223
my dog isnt a nice doggie like yours. my dog is a twit.
All dogs are different, and they all have hearts of gold. Best wishes from Perrier and myself to you and your dog the twit 😅👋
Please could you make a video on how to make it in the Art Industry - not as an artist but as an employee. The different types of jobs, and career paths in Commercial Galleries and how to work yourself up to become a Director, Gallery Manager, Curator etc. There is a big jump between Gallery Assistant and Director, it would be great to know how to do to get there! @sara.kew
Salamat po