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You should contact Artists Space in NYC (212) 226-3970, 38 Greene
Street. Every year they sell limited edition artists multiples for
their annual benefit, to help fund the institution. Artist donate their
talent and the gallery provides the supplies (most are donated by photo
studios, paint suppliers etc). The artists gets to keep one of the
multiples as an artist sample. Past multiples have included Andres
Serrano, Tom Otterness, Robert Longo, etc.
Jose Ortiz
On Mon, 30 Sep 1996, Jennifer
Riddell wrote:
> Some replied to my initial query quite stridently about artists being paid
> because they are professionals too. This I understand and do not deny.
> But I have worked for organizations whereby artists did indeed donate works
> (for benefit auctions and for print editions) to benefit the organization
> in order to support venues for the exhibition of their and others' work. I
> simply wanted to know what the usual practices are among museum
> professionals.
>
> My feeling is that artists, venues, dealers, etc. need to work together to
> support each other, esp. in light of the difficulty in getting funding from
> other sources these days.
>
> Jennifer Riddell
> Curatorial Fellow
> MIT List Visual Arts Center, E15-109
> 617/253-4400
>
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