"Hi folks,
I have some specific concerns about the comic book/gallery thing.
From May 4 and running until Sept. 3, 2006 there is a comic book show at a prestigious Canadian public gallery.
It's called Comic Craze and it's at the Walter Phillips Gallery at the Banff Centre in Banff, Alberta. It's curated by Sylvie Gilbert. It boasts 400 plus publications...from obscure minis to D&Q hardcovers.
Chances are that if you're a Canadian cartoonist working today, you are somehow represented in this show. I was there. I saw the show. I'm in the show. I wondered if my peers knew they were.
My issues (and some folks at the Walter Phillips Gallery -not the curator herself- assured me that this will all be taken care of before the show comes down and starts touring across the country) are that the artists were not notified about being in the show and that there is not -to date- a public listing of artists and titles appearing in the show, on the website for example, or on a hand-out.
Is this yet another instance of 'the art world' missing the boat as they try to tell the world about this amazing sub-culture they 'discovered' ?
Does any of this matter? Do you folks care or not that your books have been purchased from small shops across the country and placed on display without you being contacted or offered documentation.
I don't think artist fees apply in this situation.
let me know how you feel.
thanks,
Billy"