“The art world loves young bad boys and old ladies”

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Was reading an article this morning about the challenges female artist face mid-career. The article was written by Anna Louie Sussman. She was saying in the past five years she's noticed a strange, recurring phenomenon: Works by young artists, often barely out of grad school, commanded similar or higher prices than pieces by accomplished mid-career artists. All I could think was great as if selling my freaking art isn't hard enough, this is now what I have to look forward to!.

About Five years ago I did started noticing an odd trend with female artist myself. I kept seeing all these women in their 20's and 30's posing half naked next to their artwork. It was being done so much I pointed it out to a few male friends of mine who happen to be artist and some laughed and said I should give it a try. I have never really been one to take pictures much, let alone half naked ones just to push my art. 

Funny story: one of my guy friends did start posing half naked next to his artwork after I told him about females doing it. He was upset because it didn't get him any extra followers or help him make any sales😅 He's actually not a bad look guy either, lol. I told him, I think it's most only girls who can get away with using their body to sell their art to some degree.  But that isn't what the article was referring to just another odd trend I noticed.  

Anyway back to the article. In the article she also said that basically a lot of female artist will be ignored once they reach middle age and have out grow the wild child image the world expects.Only to be picked up and ''rediscovered'' once they are in their 50's -60's ect.. even though they've been there all along. None of what the art world does make any sense to me. 

The picture up there is the other half of  a painting I posted on here a few weeks ago. I choose it because when I painted it at the time it was pretty much about an aging queen preoccupied with herself and getting older so much that she ignores her own daughters. They are in the other half of the painting not shown here. 

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