How do you price art ? In Brownsville, as far as I know the artist is free to price its own art ? I don't think I have ever heard of any gallery or museum institute price the art for the artist based on what they think the art is worth. This maybe true all the way to Mcallen, I don't know you tell me. I ask why is that ? Shouldn't it be up to the curator to price the art ? Is that a task to tough to handle ? What would that be like I ask? Would it push the artist to deliver work at a higher standard ? Or would that just add to the misery of the starving artist ?
Sometimes I think of the value of the art based on the consistency of the work of the artist. If the artist is producing this year and the next, but then takes a 10 year decides not to be an artist because it is to tough or decided to have a carreer change into perhaps selling ice cream and break away to where no art is produce what good or what value would the art have then ?
I think the art with the best value is of those who truly lived there entire life around producing there own art.
Gallerys and perhaps Musuems for that matter may in time may come and go, one year they are the center of the art world the next, they are a beuty salon.
But what consistency , what dedication , what strugle must the true artist outlive to the day of his death producing the work he was born to do ?
Support the art of Brownsville not just today because its a trend... but tomorrow and the next..
gabriel trevino
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Good evening, Mr. Trevino:
My wife and I frequently comment that there is a lot of people attending the opening receptions from Matamoros to McAllen, but not to many buying art. After the reception night the assistance is scarse.
We wonder how the full-time artist survive. Maybe reducing the already low prices, or changing their style from a legitimate personal artistic expression to a commercial line. It is a pitty.
However, I think that art dealers are the ones who determine the real price of art. Frequently I get to know that such painting was sold for a lot of money, but never directly by the artist, but by some exclusive, elegant, snobish art gallery.
I am referring to galleries not in the Valley. The ones here maybe are in a worse position than the artists. We need to recognize their efforts creating opportunities to enjoy art here in our town.
Alejandro Lara
The truth is that very few people want to spent money on art down here in the S. Texas. It is not that the purchasing power is not here, it is more that we do not value our own art community. Most patrons support by attending, but not by buying art. Still this is a good step and who knows maybe in time they will buy local art instead of buying in San Antonio or other places. I have been painting and showing my work for close to 30 years and despite a very strong national reputation, I think that I have sold no more then 15 paintings in the 24 years that I have lived in Brownsville. Thank God that I have a job! We need more Montalvos an Laras to invest in our art community. Those who did ended up buying my paintings are very lucky especially since they purchased the work very cheap and ended up increasing the value of the work buy close to 1000 percent as my work has been collect by other outside the RGV…by all means, support the local artistic community….cgg
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