Commercial Galleries
After more than twenty years of vocational art, and more than a decade of working with international commercial galleries, I will be resigning from this form of representation.
I will, of course fore fill all professional commitments, and complete the exhibitions which are now running, and those which are planned for later this year.
I am currently represented by galleries in New york, and Connecticut in the USA, Antwerp Belgium, Dublin Eire, Omagh,and Belfast Northern Ireland, and Sussex, in the UK, I have recently terminated with galleries in Bressuire, and Nice in France.
As a stone carver working on medium, large, and very large sculptures, the relevant transport costs are inhibitive, especially to the states, over the years I have shipped many hundreds of tons of stone and marble world wide, I have also brought many hundreds of tons home again when exhibitions have finished.
It all starts with great ideas, lots of plans, and prospects of a bright future. Initially the galleries are nothing less than encouraging, and enthusiastic accepting almost anything I turn out before an exhibition” however if the show doesn’t go as planned, or sales are slow, a new star is quickly found, and my stone sculptures become a liability, and in the way, so back home they come, other galleries elsewhere insist on new and unseen work for my future exhibitions, so off I go again, more production, more plans, more expense. I have had many galleries play their trump card should I complain, “If you don’t like it, you can take all your stuff away” needless to say this is often difficult, and most times impossible.
I am tired of this back and forth, some galleries have such a little regard for their artists feelings, and even less for their pockets.
I have been placed on more pedestals than my sculptures have ever been, built up like a king, praised,and heralded, only to have the pedestal quickly kicked away when they feel fit, This, I suppose, in its self is ok, they are in it for the money, same as me, although I put my heart and soul into it also.
I have stated publically my relationship with Malaga based Stephen Howe’s, fine art, Stephen is an agent, he is out there every day, looking for openings, situations, and most of all clients, everything that is needed to sell and publicize art, he works hard at his craft, and the results show, I feel that this partnership will go from strength to strength, as we both know what we want, and believe we know how to obtain it.
We have plans, and ideas for this, and the coming year, both in Spain and internationally.
Any further enquiries can be directed to. [email protected] or visit the website. www.stephenhowes.es
Christopher Stone.
www.sculptormine.com
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