Comments on: BRUNEAF-BOAF ’09: Solitude, Scant Sales, not a Quantum of Solace http://susijohnston.com/2009/08/bruneaf-boaf-2009-solitude-with-little-solace/ The Sleeping Tiger on the Island of Bali blogs about interiors, architecture Indonesian arts, textiles, and life as it is lived Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:12:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Susi http://susijohnston.com/2009/08/bruneaf-boaf-2009-solitude-with-little-solace/comment-page-1/#comment-5429 Susi Sun, 30 Aug 2009 07:04:28 +0000 http://susijohnston.com/?p=1182#comment-5429 Thanks for the comment, David. You're right about the passion level staying high, even while fair attendance levels are relatively low. In fact, I think that the level of passion, awareness and serious interest in "arts premiers" is increasing rapidly. The increase in understanding of Southeast Asian material culture is tremendous. Witness, for example, the creation of the Pacific Asia department at Yale (Ruth Barnes), the new Southeast Asia post at the Met (John Guy). Dealers should indeed put more efforts into educating the clients. At the same time, I feel dealers must also put more efforts into educating themselves. Many dealers haven't done their homework, so to speak, either in the field or in the library. And only few dealers have the training to assess objects and field-gathered information in a critical way. This leads to a lot of misinformation, which doesn't help the tribal art world in the least. Quite the opposite. Would love to visit you in Paris. We can't make it to Parcours this year, as we've just opened our new space in Bali. Next year, I hope! Thanks for the comment, David. You’re right about the passion level staying high, even while fair attendance levels are relatively low. In fact, I think that the level of passion, awareness and serious interest in “arts premiers” is increasing rapidly. The increase in understanding of Southeast Asian material culture is tremendous. Witness, for example, the creation of the Pacific Asia department at Yale (Ruth Barnes), the new Southeast Asia post at the Met (John Guy).

Dealers should indeed put more efforts into educating the clients. At the same time, I feel dealers must also put more efforts into educating themselves. Many dealers haven’t done their homework, so to speak, either in the field or in the library. And only few dealers have the training to assess objects and field-gathered information in a critical way. This leads to a lot of misinformation, which doesn’t help the tribal art world in the least. Quite the opposite.

Would love to visit you in Paris. We can’t make it to Parcours this year, as we’ve just opened our new space in Bali. Next year, I hope!

]]> By: David Norden African Art http://susijohnston.com/2009/08/bruneaf-boaf-2009-solitude-with-little-solace/comment-page-1/#comment-5421 David Norden African Art Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:47:27 +0000 http://susijohnston.com/?p=1182#comment-5421 I agree with you that there are less visitors than previous years, but still people are passionate, maybe also price levels has to be lowered for lesser quality pieces, and dealers should put more efforts in educating the clients. If you come to Paris come visit me and let's have a little talk, just follow the link to get my details http://www.african-arts.info/galerie_de_buci.htm Nice blog, continue the good work, David Norden I agree with you that there are less visitors than previous years, but still people are passionate, maybe also price levels has to be lowered for lesser quality pieces, and dealers should put more efforts in educating the clients.

If you come to Paris come visit me and let’s have a little talk, just follow the link to get my details
http://www.african-arts.info/galerie_de_buci.htm

Nice blog, continue the good work,

David Norden

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