tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29712953.post115478944053868945..comments2023-09-07T09:38:00.582-04:00Comments on Pittsburgh, Youngstown, Akron, Cleveland Arts And Livable City Blog: More Picking at the ScabJohn Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11099009144603936211noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29712953.post-1156713332391488202006-08-27T17:15:00.000-04:002006-08-27T17:15:00.000-04:00I want to add one last point on the od chance that...I want to add one last point on the od chance that someone is still reading this post.<BR/><BR/>The point is that competition is a good thing and there is a chance that the threat of it will help wake NY up. Perhaps, the city will make the needed moves to fix it's massive housing shortage and perhaps keeping the looming threat of competition is what it needs. <BR/><BR/>Let's keep up the scare.John Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11099009144603936211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29712953.post-1155125534458909112006-08-09T08:12:00.000-04:002006-08-09T08:12:00.000-04:00I don't really know. It's a very bad spot for a lo...I don't really know. It's a very bad spot for a lot of people and I do want to acnowledge that NY is still so great. The question is that the trend is not your friend ( I think that's a Wall Street Thing) <BR/><BR/>The main thing i think is to be aware that there is a big problem here and to talk to all the artists you respect and trust about it and try to make some plans. <BR/><BR/>this is sort of the way i see NY now. It's sort of a really huge, huge, cow and you sort of know it's dying but it doesn't. So, the plan is to keep the thing going as long as you can and get whatever you can out of the scene that is still there. I think that spending a part of the year someplace else to work and connecting to other places is important.<BR/><BR/>Just remember- We are in an Art Boom now so like the dealers are not very motivated to get out --yet. But when that baby cracks that's when you will see the blood.<BR/><BR/>It's so sad for me to talk this way about the place i loved but It's time to kill this baby off.John Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11099009144603936211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29712953.post-1155095188258226972006-08-08T23:46:00.000-04:002006-08-08T23:46:00.000-04:00Great post John. Nail on the head.So what if you c...Great post John. Nail on the head.<BR/>So what if you can't afford to actually move? ;)highlowbetweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29712953.post-1154879031675750012006-08-06T11:43:00.000-04:002006-08-06T11:43:00.000-04:00Also, as I said on Ed's blog before the only decen...Also, as I said on Ed's blog before the only decent dealers now are the ones who are looking to move too. You saw how all the old line brooklyn galleries rushed to Chelsea, except for Pierogi which is keeping the Brooklyn space he owns and has opened an annex in Leipzig Germany. Joe is an artist and he see's that it's critical that he positions himself in an area with a strong and growing art community. The collectors will have to come to him or perhaps buy at a fair. That's the way it should be.John Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11099009144603936211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29712953.post-1154878594660464182006-08-06T11:36:00.000-04:002006-08-06T11:36:00.000-04:00I lived in NY, but was generaly at the fringe of t...I lived in NY, but was generaly at the fringe of things and not in the scene but I think seeing the transformation of the scenes there and how they started gives me a lot of perspective. <BR/><BR/>Real art scenes to my knowledge have started from the ground up, by artists almost always at a grass roots and generally non-profit level. And that is the way a real scene should be. If it is about the art and is going to be sustainable then it has to be in a place that is sustainable for artists. <BR/><BR/>This new and gross trend of passive desperate artists cowering to dealers and collectors to survive is just wrong. It's sad but the time has come for artist's to leave NY and try to rebuild the scene someplace else in which it is cheap enough to do ones work. This time the artists know the game, buy your place and when people follow you they will play on your field.John Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11099009144603936211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29712953.post-1154868177691183122006-08-06T08:42:00.000-04:002006-08-06T08:42:00.000-04:00Interesting points. I always thought there was a "...Interesting points. I always thought there was a "pick me, ooh, ooh, pick me" tone to Winkelman's commenters though I'll admit to showing (rarely) my face there.Ashes77https://www.blogger.com/profile/02654996683594383063noreply@blogger.com