Friday 21 September 2012

Tied up in tape (red)

Last week's post generated some insightful comments from Ronnie and Susan on what it means to be an artist trying to generate some form of income from one's practice - comments that have been thrown into focus by an email this week from a curator regarding a couple of pieces (including Cartographica (left)) that I have offered for an interstate exhibition. As one of the pieces is to be for sale, I find that I am required to register as a supplier of goods and services with the organisation responsible for the exhibition; complete an Australian Tax Office 'Statement by a Supplier' pro-forma; endorse two pages of 'Consignment Terms and Conditions - Artist Rights and Responsibilities'; and fill out and sign a formal loan agreement. At this stage, I must admit the temptation is either to withdraw from the exhibition or to mark both the pieces Not for Sale.

4 comments:

  1. oh gads - that's really taking officiousness to new levels eh....

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  2. What a disheartening landslide of rules and requirements! I can understand how you feel, all this sounds quite absurd.

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  3. What a who-ha. It almost discourages wanting to sell other than from your own studio. Worth considering. I agree with Ersi though, all sounds quite absurd.

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  4. The frightening thing is that the gallery is required by (Australian) law to keep some of this documentation for five years.

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