I don’t remember which social media link triggered my descent into the rabbit hole of art-related stock imagery on 123RF, but after a little a while I realized that I had taken the blue pill. (I’m mixing my Alice in Wonderland imagery with The Matrix, but forgive me.)
Yes, this world is mostly white and very thin. Men look unusually well put-together, while women are sexy, wear lipstick in the studio, and sometimes give the viewer come-hither looks.
The art world, if these stock images are to be believed, acts out its rituals in white heavenly rooms where art is blurred and sometimes the subject of laughter. Reality? Fiction? It’s art … world. The text at the top is the verbatim description supplied by 123RF.
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I read this while wearing my beret…
The dog is the most accurate
are those 3D glasses from the movie theater…my thoughts: “I always where a cut out top when I do studio visit ” – “Who doesn’t wear a satin bow tie when they paint” -“My best button ups are always reserved for artistic contemplation”- (oh the 3D glasses man) – this was wonderful, like a delightful cookie
Hi, where can I see more generic stock pictures like that?
the french artist clearly screened a 3D IMAX movie immediately before settling down in front of his canvas.
vision of the future (inspired by photo #2): bags of “sexy young curator” costumes lining the walls of a Ricky’s around halloween time, including plunging neckline and glasses ill proportioned to the face
Boo!
The Artist Observing Artist’s Model in Studio looks like a domestic violence scene….
hmm…
Well done!
The artist in the red shirt is holding a loaded brush against his sleeve. He needs a smock (and a beret).
That bothered me to no end. I always wear a speedsuit in the studio. Speedsuits are the best!
Twenty years of studying/working at art schools taught me that curators, artists and art students don’t look like business (wo)men/students… which is where the first two pictures (and the “artist at the easel” are missing their target (not to mention the sexism…)
please explain the sexism.
Please help me erase these images from my brain. Arggg!
One of the scariest series of images I’ve ever seen.
Actually it represents all I’ve always tryed to avoid when I chose not to listen to anybody and be an artist.
So one person bought rights to use these then. hyperallergic you just made some weekend photographers day!
Hey, if someone made money on them great. And we did buy the photos, so we helped them too 😉
I’m liking this one…. hits two important targets at once- being clean and attractive and knowing how to lean on an easel (called “Attractive visual artist posing at painting canvas with brush”) Plus I have various striped shirts, so that makes me more of a French painter.
Can somebody help explain to me the Vietnamese artist pic? Didn’t make sense with the rest of these stock pictures, especially since it has the most descriptive text of the lot.
That’s a good question. And I, unfortunately, don’t have an answer.
http://theageofmammals.com/2006/artistlooking.html