Looking for an art gallery

I somehow finagled my way into sitting down with a gallery director on 57th Street in New York City when I first decided that I wanted to be represented by an art gallery. I showed him my slides and he gave me a very interesting piece of information that I have used now for almost twenty years.

What he told me was that art galleries want twenty slides all of a similar subject matter, all in the same style, all done within one to two years and all available. Art galleries were not interested in seeing that an artist could do a wide range of either subject matter or styles. The art gallery wanted to look at a set of slides and envision exactly what a one-person show could be like.

I never learned this in art school or from any artist. When I talk to young artists this is big news, so it’s definitely a piece of information that’s worth passing on!