Comments on: Presence of Mutated Muffin Head Dress Man Yields No Significant Insight on Fair Performance. Yet. http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/12/03/presence-of-mutated-muffin-head-dress-man-yields-no-significant-insight-on-fair-permance-yet/ As relevant as Eric Fischl. New York art news, reviews and gossip. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:48:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Claire Mazur http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/12/03/presence-of-mutated-muffin-head-dress-man-yields-no-significant-insight-on-fair-permance-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-118520 Claire Mazur Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:56:26 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/12/03/presence-of-mutated-muffin-head-dress-man-yields-no-significant-insight-on-fair-permance-yet/#comment-118520 I think it is Russian artist Andrey Bartenev in the picture? I think it is Russian artist Andrey Bartenev in the picture?

]]> By: Contemporary Art http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/12/03/presence-of-mutated-muffin-head-dress-man-yields-no-significant-insight-on-fair-permance-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-118411 Contemporary Art Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:35:33 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/12/03/presence-of-mutated-muffin-head-dress-man-yields-no-significant-insight-on-fair-permance-yet/#comment-118411 I suppose you can glean from the freaks that people are still attending. One thing that it would be interesting for you to report on is the relationship between attendance and sales. I had an opportunity to go this year and opted not to. I wonder if many others, like me, aren't interested in observing people struggling to make back their booth fees. I'm also really interested in this question of "playing it safe" vs. being more risky. It seems like they are both responses to the crisis, and I'm keen to know which will work better. The same thing has been happening in gallery shows I've noticed. Some dealers are bringing out their heavy hitters and having them make paintings, while others are giving some space to their video artists or conceptual installation artists. I wish there was more transparency so we could analyze all the data that must be out there. I'm sure that information could teach the dealers a thing or two. http://www.contemporaryartdaily.com I suppose you can glean from the freaks that people are still attending. One thing that it would be interesting for you to report on is the relationship between attendance and sales. I had an opportunity to go this year and opted not to. I wonder if many others, like me, aren’t interested in observing people struggling to make back their booth fees.

I’m also really interested in this question of “playing it safe” vs. being more risky. It seems like they are both responses to the crisis, and I’m keen to know which will work better. The same thing has been happening in gallery shows I’ve noticed. Some dealers are bringing out their heavy hitters and having them make paintings, while others are giving some space to their video artists or conceptual installation artists.

I wish there was more transparency so we could analyze all the data that must be out there. I’m sure that information could teach the dealers a thing or two.

http://www.contemporaryartdaily.com

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