most artists tend to be bad at making money or even (un)consciously avoid it. this seems counterintuitive but believe it or not, university art programs condition students to believe that they will be poor and deserve it. it’s truly bizarre once you gain some distance.

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*only* concerned yes agreed, but you can also make money and be concerned with many other things at the same time

i think its because to be a great artist you can't be a sociopath, and to be only concerned with money certainly does make one a sociopath

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yeah there’s some truth there, obviously you can’t be solely motivated by money or your audience will likely see through it.

that said, maintaining an active studio practice is 100% an entrepreneurial endeavour and most definitely a job/business.

Goes back to authenticity.
You re not supposed to make art for money. Its not supposed to be a job.

A lot of successful ones are considered “sellouts” by the self proclaimed cool crowd

I stopped collecting one artists work when he started making it to suit peoples taste, his work became terrible imo - sold one of his paintings at Sotheby’s for good money, he didn’t like that either. Can’t please some people

I think people get into art in order to get out of a 9 to 5 - unfortunately the grind has now penetrated all aspects of life so people either opt in and try to make money or opt out and live with being broke-ish