http://www.peoplematter.info/blog Art and the Gift Economy Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:36:51 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.peoplematter.info/blog/about/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Fraser MacIver Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:46:02 +0000 http://www.peoplematter.info/blog/?page_id=2#comment-6 Trust me to not read the small print, its not til April that your stuff gets gifted. What an interesting idea, hope it goes off okay...but will galleries turn you into some kind of pariah for not selling? I dont know Nic, i had a lecture from one the other day in between his, "Oh I think we sold one of yours the other day, I think we owe you some money"... they wanted to "save on postage"... so glad they , "waited til you came in"... gee I could have waited another year for a measly £80 Nic! It was "just a wee etching"...etc etc. Its this ongoing being treated like some poor relation all the time...to use your word , that is "galling"... and yes , I love the hint of subversion coming into the works. Keep that up, im somewhat constrained by myself , (most likely), in that I seek some of that freeing up, while worrying that it "might be damaging?" not certain. thanks for giving me much to ponder... best Fraser Trust me to not read the small print, its not til April that your stuff gets gifted. What an interesting idea, hope it goes off okay…but will galleries turn you into some kind of pariah for not selling? I dont know Nic, i had a lecture from one the other day in between his, “Oh I think we sold one of yours the other day, I think we owe you some money”… they wanted to “save on postage”… so glad they , “waited til you came in”… gee I could have waited another year for a measly £80 Nic! It was “just a wee etching”…etc etc. Its this ongoing being treated like some poor relation all the time…to use your word , that is “galling”… and yes , I love the hint of subversion coming into the works. Keep that up, im somewhat constrained by myself , (most likely), in that I seek some of that freeing up, while worrying that it “might be damaging?” not certain. thanks for giving me much to ponder… best Fraser

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