It’s Only Art?

Recently I have spoken with several gallery owners who claim they can only sell objective or figural work. Some of these
galleries have standing in their respective communities, but claim people might look at somewhat abstracted paintings but
that they cannot make sales with purely abstract or nonobjective paintings.

I cannot personally analyze whether this is a self-fulfilling prophesy on the part of the gallerists, but some of them do carry one or two nonobjective painters within those represented.  Other galleries claim to have no such problems and may even handle nonobjective painters predominantly. These two groups of galleries seem to be roughly equivalent in other factors. Why this happens I cannot say. I look at both types of painting with interest.

There are some excellent nonobjective painters out there to choose from. In fact I ran a quick survey and found five easily accessed websites that show some beautiful works. These artists have had some exposure on CAG as well.

Merlin Emrys

David Tycho

James Pearson

Rosetta DeBerardinis

Scott Foxx

Certainly every gallerist must have preferences, and I would be surprised if there weren’t some trends in the preferences
of their clientele, but it will take some further analysis to determine the different demographics in these two groups.

There is a third group as well, those who show only nonobjective painters. My favorite gallery of this third group is Stephen Haller’s gallery in Chelsea, NY.

If you know of a gallery that specializes in nonobjective painting and art please let me know by comment.

- Daniel Ferris