Sentences with phrase «fund real artists»

«this isn't art» - «we should fund real artists» - for crying out loud, just take the work in context, learn a little bit about design and stop whining.

Not exact matches

Some of the IAA shows at the Arts Fund were wonderful, but I always felt that underneath, many of the visual artists who got the award were just there hoping that Frank Goss [owner of the Sullivan Goss Gallery on Anapamu St.] would walk in and offer them a real show.»

Then he talked about «square meters, transfer fees, and micro-financing for smaller galleries,» and concluded that the «real issue is cashflow because galleries that have a lot of successful artists often have the problem that they are funding a lot of museum and biennial shows and production costs.»

This work by British artist Chris Ofili, in which a black Virgin Mary is depicted adorned with real elephant dung, was at the centre of a major controversy in 1999 when New York's then - mayor Rudy Giuliani tried to cut funding to the Brooklyn Museum for exhibiting the painting.

He questions links between corporate culture and artistic practice, a real concern for artists in Turkey, where the current artistic boom is funded by private money from banks and large corporations, with no support for cultural activities from the state.

Organized by Colab, a group comprised of artists and activists to collectively generate exhibition opportunities, funding and resources for artists, «The Real Estate Show» took place in a city owned building that the organizers and artists utilized without permission form the city.

But apparently, according to this article at the Guardian, it is totally for real and includes contributions from some fairly prominent artists, as well as funding from the UK government and the 10:10 program (a plea to reduce carbon emissions by 10 % per year, eerily with a name probably purposely similar to 9 - 11).