Chapter One

When I read this chapter two things really stuck with me. One, people are defiantly right this chapter is much too wordy for my tastes. Finally two, I really should think about switching to the gallery business (maybe become an art historian) and not an art maker because, we the art makers really get the short end of the stick.
If this chapter did one thing for me I would have to say it was that it made me think. I honestly think that saying that the artist really get the short end of the stick is an huge understatement, I mean really 60/40 in favor of the gallery is not my image of a good deal. I know that the gallery has to make a profit but really I think the galleries should go easy on us artist.
I remember taking art history and talking a little about the art market (specify the “modern art”) before the 90’s economy went crash boom. When I read this chapter it reminded me of that day and it made me think about what it would have been like to be a famous artist back then. I know one thing for sure they certainly where not the “starving artist”. I even took the time to Google one guy I really remembered because he made a skull out of real diamonds, if that’s not over spending on art I do not know what is.
So in conclusion, I have to admit that this chapter did make me think and it reminded me that I really do not want to be a “starving artist”.
On a side note, if anyone is interested in the artist I was talking about, the guy who made the diamond skull, his name is Damien Hirst. You can find more info on him at his web site at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_Hirst I tried his web site but it was down when I wrote this.