Boundless Gallery have undergone some more changes to their site including a family filter and the opportunity for the artists to choose their own urls. boy is that cool! I now have registered http://nude.boundlessgallery.com/ to go directly to my profile page. I love being able to register such cool urls with these sites, it’s good for SEO and so easy to remember.
actually, because this subdomain is a redirect, is it good for SEO? I don’t know.. does it make a difference?
I have given in and started selling on Yessy as well. It is cheaper than Boundless on a yearly basis, but it is also uglier. I do, however, like the searching and the stats viewer. There is a lot more traffic on Yessy but the flipside is there are a lot more artists as well. it has more of an international flavor which I like.. we shall see how it goes. I am concerned about the outlay but other artists assure me it is worthwhile. surprisingly no-one has snapped up the very cool url http://www.yessy.com/nudes so it is now mine!
I’m restructuring and changing my prices and pricing format. the glazed ochre works are going to be priced slightly higher than the regular ochre pieces because about a week’s more work goes into them. all pieces will now be on the same scale as well, before I had works on a sliding scale per inch depending on size, now all works of a certain medium are going to be the same price per inch all the way through.
I am very nervous about this because you don’t want to change your pricing too often, but I think it is time to raise them slightly and to even out the pricing structure. the new prices will go live on the 1st of April
Luke from Boundless has Sent a message assuring me that “all nudes have not been blocked now, and never will be. There is not going to a be a lumped together section of all the pieces in nudes hidden away in a ‘dark corner’. There will also not be a system where any artist can ‘flag’ a piece and have it hidden.”
So no narky emails from me today :). Thanks guys for staying strong in the face of extreme spamming and bitchiness from so many artists. The easy thing to do would be to give in. I am glad to say they are not doing that and I sincerely hope that it will not be the case in the future. I am delighted that they are working so hard to please all sides. it’s just that some sides seem so very irrational, inconsistent and infectious I was very afraid that they would win from sheer force of noise. I was preparing to create noise of my own, I am perfectly capably of raising a real, and very public, stink- but I never wanted to aim something at the team at Boundless, I genuinely believe they do their best, they are not the people I was angry at. censorship is never the rational option. but it never ceases to amaze me how people can become so irrational over such a small issue as nudity.
Hot on the heels of Christies deciding to continue with the auction of MF Husain’s works comes this letter. I have included it here in it’s entirety and will refrain from too many editorial comments at this time.
CHRISTIE ART GALLERY, New York,Kind Attn. Ms Sara Fox, Spokesperson,This refers to news regarding your decision regarding withdrawing of Hussain’s paintings from auction on 20th March 2008. We once again request you not to auction M.F. Hussain paintings due to following reasons.The whole world is aware that M.F. Hussain has drawn nude and obscene paintings of Indian Deities and Bharatmata. Thus he has hurt religious and National sentiments of crores of all Indians. More than 1,250 police complaints have been lodged against him and lot of court cases are going on against him throughout India. He is absconding from India and not facing Court Trials. He has been accused of outraging religious sentiments, promoting enemity between different religious groups, selling obscene material and disturbing National integrity, thereby committing offences under several sections of the Indian Penal Code. He has also been accused of committing offenses under section 2 of the prevention of Insults to National Honour Act on account of certain paintings of Hindu Deities and naked Bharatmata. Nowhere in India we allow Hussains paintings exhibitions/auction.
At this stage you are glorifying an accused person by auctioning his painting and hurting national and religious sentiments. No proud Indian throughout world will tolerate your support to Anti-Hindu and Anti-National painter M.F. Hussain . By doing this you are starting enemity and hatred amongst various religious groups and may lead to Law and order situation for which you will be responsible.We are taking up this issue with American Embassy in India and Indian Government.
We have full faith in American Democracy but at the same time your democratic system will not glorify such a accused person who has no courage and respect to comeback to his motherland and justify his act of creating indecent Art, which can be equated only with that of infamous Denmark cartoonist who is also hiding himself.
There has been news that infamous Denmark cartoonist is looking for someone to arrange auction of infamous cartoons. Your expression and love for artistic freedom can only be justified if you arrange this auction too.
Please acknowledge and inform action taken.
For Hindu Janajagruti Samiti, Mumbai
S.G. Vatkar
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There is a protest scheduled and I have no doubt that the embassies will get involved as well. I am delighted that the site that has published this letter and the protest details has also included a list of all of MF Husain’s more ‘offensive’ paintings. this strikes me as ironic really, the whole thing strikes me as ironic, fuelling the fire of this one artist’s reputation, demand and exposure.
Edit 01/04/08: The image source for my original thumbnail has been taken down. I have changed it to one from this source instead with a link.
Wet - 18" x 18" Oils on Canvas by Jennie Rosenbaum
30 is a landmark birthday so I’ve decided to celebrate with a one day sale of all my works - 30% off. Putting artwork on sale is tricky because there is always a concern about devaluing the works. They should be done rarely, and carefully. I, however, also enjoy such luxuries as eating and sleeping indoors. I also like having wall space for new works!
So! if there are any pieces you have had your eye on, 30% off One Day Only - 8th of February. enter code JR30 at Boundlessgallery.com
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Vanity 14×10 Oils on Canvas by Jennie
I enjoy commission pieces. they give me an opportunity to do something different from the norm. to stretch my creative brain in new directions to come up with something fresh. it can be so easy to stagnate but a commission is a chance to do something out of the box.. even if it isn’t a nude 
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Running - 24×24 Acrylic and Gesso on Canvas by Jennie
Boundless Gallery, my main online gallery, has been undergoing changes. From opening up new ways to search for art to adding social media aspects, it’s really pushing ahead in the world of online galleries. One of the biggest of changes is the introduction to plans. now, I hate putting down money up-front for anything. I will debate every expenditure, especially when it comes to my career- I worry about everything, terrified I won’t make it back. but I have sold most of my international works through Boundless and am rated as a “best seller” so it was suggested by Luke at Boundless I join under the DaVinci plan which is a larger upfront fee but involves no commission at all. I have to admit I hadn’t even thought about it until his email, I immediately discounted it as an ‘upfront cost’ and ran away screaming and never did the math (because, like fees, I will run away from math as well)- but the numbers added up and I deliberated before buying my plan at the last possible minute of the launch sales (never one to do anything until I absolutely have to). it’s scary but it may give me the push I’ve been after to get some of my new thoughts down on canvas.
I do recommend Boundless Gallery to artists looking to sell their work, it’s really helped me keep my career turn a profit and collect collectable collectors.
Grace (detail) by Jennie
another in a long line of social arts marketing webpages, redbubble is based here in Australia with a simple design ethic and a great community feel. the site has options for different types of prints, cards and t-shirts - and while I may not turn my hand to designing t-shirts I will definitely buy some! the artwork is young, edgy and all of the artists seem to be very approachable and fun. this site has fantastic design and is a lot of fun to play with - I’ve wasted many hours on it already and already received some great feedback. oh, and today, for the first time my work is featured on the home page!
Artist Rising was a big player in the PoD sites, running from art.com. it promised good returns, traffic and great options for artists. Unfortunately the powers that be decided to change it’s existing (and excellent) PoD and Original art service and split it into two different sections - Sistino and Artist Rising, creating a great deal of confusion for artists and buyers alike.
Recently, both sites were merged once again but it appears that the damage has already been done. no updates are being made on the Artist Rising site, with the same news items and featured artists that have been up for months now. According to the forums, sellers appear to be leaving in droves. apparently purchases have dried up altogether, too many changes have made this site lose it’s fan base. it’s a pity for what appeared to an excellent arts service and a great place for discovering new talent. I hope it gets it’s groove back.
All images need to be approved prior to offering them for sale and, sadly, nothing has been happening on that front either - so unfortunately I can’t shamelessly direct you to my works for sale (I recently cleared the old ones out to put the new ones in - boy do I feel stupid now ;))
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Contemporary figurative artist Jennie Rosenbaum's random reflections, rants and rambles on Nudes, Art and the Art World.
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