As a young artist Zimin Alexei manages to sell his works

Sale of paintings for many artists - vital bread and at the same time a problem. Buyers are not always ready to spend on modern art amounts in excess of $ 1000. The young artist Alexei Zimin, meanwhile, successfully sells his works at the prices of prestigious auction houses, never having visited them. About the secrets of success, Alexei will share with readers.

Determination of the true cost of the canvas

According to Alexei, the artist, first of all, must respect himself, his time and costs for each work. The artist puts up for sale no more than 1 painting per month, and buyers are quickly - they are waiting in advance for a new job and just choose what they like.

What does Alexei advise when setting the price for the picture:

• Determine the cost of the week (or month, year) of your life. The amount you need for a specific period of time will become a price guide. Depending on how much time you worked on the canvas, its cost increases.
• Work on your name. Alexei Zimin is already a well-known personality in the cultural circles of the capital and Russia as a whole, he leads an active lifestyle, participates in exhibitions and attracts investors. Fame is your ticket to the contemporary art market.
• Calculate the cost of creation and marketing. This is how Zimin determines the residual value of his work - to make art profitable, it's worth taking into account the slightest waste.

However, the main secret of success is the popularity and name of the artist, as well as following the current trends of art. Alex strongly does not recommend novice painters to raise prices for their paintings, because the paintings are not a matter of first necessity, connoisseurs may prefer a more famous or cheap master of the brush.

Zimin says that he sold his first works for pennies, but thanks to his participation in major exhibitions and the constant appearance in the media and meetings of cultural figures, Alexei successfully earned the desired status. Excessive overstatement of prices for novice painters reduces the chances of selling paintings almost to zero, even if the work is talented.

It's not customary to talk about it aloud

During the conversation Alexey Zimin voiced an interesting idea: the sale of paintings at auction value is physically necessary for artists and art in general.

"The trend of art depreciation has become especially acute with the development of high technologies, photography, the Internet. It's simple: young artists prefer to work for pennies, in advance killing their future as cultural figures. In the future, when they want to receive a decent payment for their paintings, their customers will not understand and accept the changes, but will start looking for cheap work, as before. Also will find. This is a vicious circle, there are always young talents ready to give pictures for a song. In the future, such talents will have to be tied up with painting, because they can not make money on it. I recommend that all artists in the modern cultural community unite and stop this unscrupulous depreciation of our labor, in which the soul is invested, "Alexey says.

Nevertheless, Zimin warns beginning creators about the harm of commerce to art. In most cases, hammering his head with thoughts of potential earnings, the artist deprives himself of the opportunity to create and create. Be able to maintain a balance between survival and creativity - that's real art, according to Zimin.

Alexei Zimin already now puts up his work for sale, not lowering prices. You can get acquainted with his works and buy one of them by contacting him and his assistants through his official website.