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 The Picassos of Cyberspace
Online galleries help artists show and sell their work
10:23 AM PST on Friday, December 9, 2005
By ERIN AUERBACH / The Press-Enterprise
Artists no longer have to wait for a big break to get their work into a gallery. There's plenty of room in cyberspace.
Online galleries allow artists at every level to show and sell their work. Although prospective Web buyers won't get the same view of the work or personalized attention from a curator, Internet galleries provide a place where prodigies and wannabes can enjoy equal footing in the often-elitist world of visual art.
Brian Messinger's uncle taught him to paint. Messinger, 28, of Ontario, works at Costco but continues to create original landscapes and abstracts using acrylic and glass beads. Seven of his paintings are listed on BounlessGallery.com.
Although he hasn't sold a piece yet, he chose BoundlessGallery.com because it doesn't charge artists to post their work, instead taking a 25 percent commission from every piece sold.
"It's really a great concept because if anybody sees your work and wants a custom piece made, they can contact you to request it," Messinger said.
Daniel Foster, executive director of the Riverside Art Museum, says online galleries should ultimately benefit artists.
"More and more cyber art galleries will be a growing trend in art because it enfranchises the artist more, making it less elitist," he said.
Online galleries typically provide user-friendly options, such as easy search engines, critiques and requests for commissions.
Cyperspace posting of artwork, too, is virtually unlimited.
BoundlessGallery.com is an Illinois-based company that features more than 8,000 pieces from 900 artists in the United States and abroad. Peter Gregory, president, said most artwork submitted is accepted.
"We more or less will let any artist on (the site)," said Gregory, who is also an amateur woodworker. "We only get rid of people sending us things that are on the back of a tissue or something."
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