(photo above by Henry Chalfant)
Since May I've been leaving most of the galleries I work with. This weekend I took my work out of the last one on my list. My work is changing, their programs have been changing and contextually we no longer fit.
I've been exhibiting work since subway cars looked like the photo above, and it's not something I take for granted. Working with a gallery can be great, being represented can be, too, plus they sell work. I was never a great fit with the galleries I just left and was staying out of fear, out of ego, and a tween of laziness. I've been too busy to sit and really figure out what I want, and it's time. It feels great to have these exits behind me.
Right now I don't know what comes next. The art world has changed in every way possible since I started showing and selling work and I don't know what the next right step is. I'm going to see some friends over the holidays, see some shows and get through a deadline. It's so funny how life goes. Ten years ago I would've thought I was crazy to leave galleries and today I'm really excited to not know what's coming.
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If you have the chance to come to Miami Beach for Art Basel from Dec 5-8, you should. In the Convention Center alone there are 350 Galleries, and since the show has now spread over the entire Miami area, there are more galleries showing work outside the C C than inside. It's quite an avant grade happening, and shows the direction modern art seems to be going. I hope you make it.
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