Art Bin

I maybe a bit late with this but I enjoying the progress of Landy's Art Bin. Follow THIS LINK for more information in an article by Charlotte Higgins from the Guardian.

Another good article on the Art Bin, CLICK HERE from Tom Lubbocks view form the Independent. Added 02/02/2010

So they are all up to it, Hirst, Emin and a loads more to follow. I think rejection of work is a very important part of and artists life. This is a very public display but artist reject work all the time, we just don't hear about it. Sometimes they paint over it, sometimes its just going know where ending up in the bin.



As a collector it's important to understand that not all of an Artists works are their best but good artist will know when to give up and bin something. Often this can happen at the idea stage before the work even starts to take off. This does however bring up the question of worth and it's here where I would say trusting your taste and conviction is important.

So be mindful but feel safe, you need to find a gallery you can trust in being as passionate as yourself, one that works with Artists to build trust. We believe Revolving Galley is such a Gallery and hope to build your trust but remember at all times that worth is mainly down to how much you will enjoy having that work.

For another great work by Landy 'Breakdown' 2001 follow THIS LINK.

Nathan

Good Gallery Practice

Just finished replying to all the Artist who sent through submissions and after being an artist and not getting replies feel proud not to leave people hanging. I hate the culture of people who don't get back to you unless they want something, you always get it from job interviews. I feel if Artists take time to submit work then even if we are not going to show them we should take the time to get back in touch.

That's just good practice. (manners)

Nathan

Northern Arts Prize 2010

Well done to Pavel Büchler for winning the 2010 Northern Arts Prize although I think all the work was strong however he would have been my pick of the lot. Click Here for link to Guardian article that is a lot better than the bad review they gave of the show. The only thing I don't think needed saying was that this prize was trying to be like the Turner Prize when in fact it's as much like many other art prizes. This is an important thing to happen in the North to help arts culture move itself away from just a London centric position.

On that note Revolving Gallery are doing our bit to open access to art in the North (York & Maybe beyond later in the year) and plans are afoot, news of our next show will soon be here and on Twitter.

Nathan

Installation Art on a large scale

In The Observer this weekend I come across this article and the image above blow me away. I know Baltanski’s work and this is not a leap out into the open for him but striking none the less. I enjoyed the writing in the article as well which can be hit and miss in some reviews, please follow the link here. I have enjoyed watching this series at the Grand Palais, Paris but never made it down (although would have loved to see the Serra piece last year) I like the idea of an art pilgrimage and gets me to thinking maybe buying work is not the only important part of being a collector but in seeing art you can contribute to the culture of support that art needs.

It also gets me thinking about un-sellable art and how we could contribute to this culture in York. Would installation art add to our exhibitions? All in all we put art up for people to see, we need some collectors however we also need this culture of viewing, supporting and educating about art. Hopefully our events can achieve this.

Nathan

The City of York

As a event based gallery in York it has been a pleasure to going around searching out interesting venues for future show. Let me tell you there are some interesting places out there, most of which make our job hard because York does small and Dark well but I think we are up for the challenge. So we are developing are own free standing display units and working out lighting.

On top of this we are gathering Artist's and looking to break some news early next month so watch this space.

Nathan

Saatchi and thoughts on collecting art

First of all Happy New Year to all, Now since the last event there has not been much blogging happening so one of my New Years resolutions is to try and blog here at least once a week.

So here goes, Revolving Gallery has recovered from the first event which we certainly enjoyed, plans are well into formation for the second event but nothing to release as yet.

While wondering about town the other day I popped into a bookshop and found ‘My Name Is Charles Saatchi and I Am an Artoholic’ Artoholicism is something I share with Saatchi (if only I shared his money as well) so I bought the book that features a whole array of questions thrown at the man himself.



Although I haven’t really warmed up to him I have even more respect for his art buying habits. This is a man who is hugely passionate about contemporary art and offers a great deal of support to Art, Artists and Visual culture as a whole. This all comes through in the book, so if you like art and want some interesting views on collecting it get this book.

Paul Stone's Work

It has been a busy few day's. I was on the BBC York on Jonathan Cowap last Friday and you can listen to that HERE Then there has been all the final prep, we have managed to sell two works already so things are going well. Only two more days to go now and tonight I am going to talk about Paul Stone's work.


Green Line - 25 x 30cm - Oil on board

Paul's works are are almost photo-realistic but they are far too painterly, you can see the work that goes into them and the brush marks relates to the rich history of oil painting. This history is obvious in style in terms of his use of still life but the works are very contemporary. The image above is one of my favorites, I love the clear simple composition and the way this works looks at texture with these shining metal glasses placed on glass and how the title also makes reference to the material. This material or subject is important in Paul's work and he is very careful to pick each and spends a great deal of time working with the composition before committing to a new work which in itself can change and develop. All this time preparing really pays off in the finished product making fantastically well rounded work that draws nearly every ones eyes no matter what type of art they like.

Nathan