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Young Artists Get Shot at Success, Galleries Fight to Survive

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Any successful entrepreneur can tell you that tough markets are fertile ground for future success. If you can carve your piece of the world out now, an upturn later will reward you handsomely.

This sentiment must be on the mind of young British artists – such as Merlin Carpenter. London's contemporary art galleries are starting to show affordable works by newer artists. Far from investing in the future or giving the hopeful a fighting chance, this tactic is seen as a way to develop a near-term revenue stream that will help galleries survive the current financial crisis. Retrospectively, this stopgap measure could be seen as pure genius for the art galleries that discover the next Richard Prince or (blech) Damien Hirst.

Claims of forward thinking, however, will have to remain in the future. For now, dealers and galleries in London are struggling. Allsopp Contemporary shut down an exhibition space, and Yvon Lambert pulled out of London.

The market is searching to find – and exploit – some young blood, and buyers are pressing for discounts. The winners may just be the artists. Those discovered through desperation will define the market in the future.

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Scouting For Art

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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If you are looking for a place to find the next Damien Hirst or Cecily Brown you might want to check out Scouting for Art, a new website that sources its portfolio from young and talented artists, including recent English Art School graduates, showcasing them on its website. The site features an ever-changing selection of up and coming artists, with prices ranging from £50 to £2,000. The site features award winning artists, who have had recent sell-out exhibitions, including Ina Dorthea Thuresson, who designed the projections used at Madonna's Hard Candy tour. The company is based in South West London and was set up by Charlie Wheatley, a former art student from Camberwell School of Art and graduate of University of Northumbria.

The piece above is from Tahnee Lonsdale who graduated from Byam Shaw School of Art in 2007 and has already been showing work in a number of galleries around London. She creates large paintings in her studio in West London that depict strange stories backdropped against surreal landscapes. The piece above"Hitchcock" measures 48" x 48" and sells for £1235.

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