How to Get Hung: A Practical Guide for Emerging Artists

by Molly Barnes

In this accessible, easy-to-read, detailed guide for artists, students, and aspiring art professionals, gallery owner Molly Barnes takes the mystique out of selling art. With the art market generating over a billion dollars in sales annually, and enrollment in art schools continuing to rise, more and more graduates are joining the art scene and actively participating in the "business" of art. With How to get Hung readers learn how to present their work and themselves to the professional art world. step-by-step, explanations are given how to know when your body of work is ready to be presented to art professionals networking and strategizing in the art community promoting yourself and your workhow to target the right gallery for your work gallery how to work with and communicate with them; understanding their concerns hanging the best methods for displaying pieces in the space what yo can accomplish at your own hot to "behave" with critics, knowing who buys and who doesn't continuing the momentum created by your show how museums work curators, representatives, consultants--their roles and significance to the artist

Genres: Art

146 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 1, 1994

Reviews

[Maria · Rating 2 out of 5]

The soft skills here are still relevant, but this was written in 1994, so pre-internet, and as such a lot of sections here are quite outdated.

[Lara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was an interesting book. Found a few of her statements insightful.

[Brendan · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was helpful and probably all correct ( out of date now however ) but it makes me not want to do this