Walk into their art booth and say at least one of the following:
- “Are these pitchers?!” or my personal favorite, “Are these real pitchers?”
- “Did you take all these?”
- “Did you fake this?”
- “Did you really go to these places?”
- “Where do you display your work?” (..said while standing inside my booth.)
- “Are all these for sale?”
- “Do you have these on your website?” (..I hadn’t thought of that)
- “Do you have any pieces by <somebody else>?”
- “Is this digital?” and then the inevitable, “Is this photoshopped?”, and then the inevitable, “Is this HDR?”
- “How long did it take you to set up this <found object sitting out in a field>?”
- “What camera do you use?” instantly followed up by, “ewwww! you use a [Canon / Nikon]! I use a [Nikon / Canon]! They’re sooo much better!”
- (Right after buying a print) — “This will look great once I turn it into a painting!”
Or just stroll into the booth, calmly pull out a camera and start taking photos of the images hanging on the wall. Seeing people do this just makes me want to carry a squirt gun filled with piping hot goat urine.
This is high comedy! “Did you fake this?” So great. Looking forward to seeing the booth at Mayfest.
art shows should honestly pass out info on art show etiquette..
#1 please don’t ask me to lower my prices
#2 don’t say,”I could do this”
I get the “you did this”
and with all my sweetness…but forcing back my hidden insanity..I reply calmly….