I talked to a photographer named Martin Spilker awhile back that was duped into buying exposure from them. He came by my house when he was in town and told me that he gave thousands of dollars to them but the good news was that somebody bought one of his prints for a hundred and fifty dollars. I then asked "Who bought it?". He said that he didn't know. Now if somebody liked your Art enough to by one of your pieces wouldn't they want to get in contact with you and wouldn't you want to get in contact with them in order to use them for future commissions? The truth is they take like $5,000.00 from an Artist to be seen in their Gallery and then they anonymously buy one of the pieces so The Artist feels good about theirself and the Company. They also do this so they can post on their blog (which is listed down below) that they have been selling the Art of many Artist. What they won't tell you is that they are only selling prints that they buy theirselves. Further evidence of this is the fact that every Artist in their Gallery sells at least one print. In real life Galleries don't work like this. There are winners and there are losers. Usually it is just one or two Artist that sell like Hot Cakes in a Gallery and nobody else sells anything. The fact that every Artist in their Gallery sells at least one print makes this whole thing smell very fishy even to somebody who isn't a former employee with inside information like myself. Will the lies never end? How many Artist will they be able to take advantage of before there is finally a reckoning for their crimes?
http://theartexchange.wordpress.com/
http://theartexchange.wordpress.com/
