Visual Language Magazine Contemporary Fine Art Vol 3 no 9

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Barry W. Scharf
The issue is more or less that so few in a
position to support the arts even care to
do so. Our current society has not found
education in the arts to be a valuable asset
resulting in a lack of artistic knowledge
that has led to fewer investors and collectors
in the art world who are willing to
buy the works of new talent. This is clearly
evidenced by so many show venues and
galleries across America closing their
doors due to lack of sales or interest. I am
left wondering if society no longer needs
the traditional or classically trained artist
Would they even be missed
The good news is that left to their own devices
artists will struggle on regardless of
recognition or sales, with or without social
support. They will create because they
must... They are driven... because they
know this is their calling and there is nothing
else they do better. It is not that we
should lament the death of painting, as we
have known it for the past several centuries
but rather the death of the collector,
the visionary with the courage to embrace
and support the yet unknown artist
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