Works of art often last forever, or nearly so. But exhibitions themselves, especially gallery exhibitions, are like flowers; they bloom and then they die, then exist only as memories, or pressed in magazines and books.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Exhibitions are kind of ephemeral moments, sometimes magic moments, and when they're gone, they're gone.
There is more to representing art than selling art. The life of the gallery is dependent on the renewal and refreshment of its artists and dealers. When that stops happening, it's the end.
Art is forever.
If only we could persuade galleries to observe a fallow period in which, for two months every other year, new and old works of art could be sold in back rooms and all main galleries would be devoted to revisiting shows gone by.
What we have as artists is the immortalization opportunity that others don't have, because our work is lasting; it's there forever to view.
Art collectors are pretty insignificant in the scheme of things. What matters and survives is the art. I buy art that I like. I buy it to show it off in exhibitions. Then, if I feel like it, I sell it and buy more art.
I think an art collection is a lot like a diary. Your taste evolves with time. I try to never sell anything, because it's part of my journey.
You cannot always make such big exhibitions, because they consume too much time and energy.
The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal.
Wherever art appears, life disappears.