My art school friend and I always promised we'd stay true to our experimental practice, but they just started making more commercial work to pay rent and now every time we hang out I can feel myself judging them while also being secretly jealous. We're supposed to be in a group show together next month and I don't know how to talk about the fact that I feel like they're selling out while I'm struggling to afford materials.
More people experience this than they realize.
Economic necessity forces different compromises that strain the shared aesthetic values that originally bonded your creative relationship.
“Where Are You with Visual art markets?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.