Taking It to the Streets

Perspectives from The Artist's Road

Barbara the Mobile Art Gallery

For some artists, creating a painting is a very private and personal endeavor and exposing the work to the public can be akin to having a diary read aloud. Others thrive on the contact with their audience and enjoy working en plein air with passers-by interacting and commenting throughout the process. We have always felt that a part of the artist’s responsibility is not only to create, but also to release and give their work back. This is the full circle of art-making and sometimes the viewer’s reaction to the artwork is as important as the artist’s intent.

Seeking venues to exhibit our work is not always easy. And even after gaining acceptance into a professionally-run gallery, an artist has little control over how the work will be shown or to whom it is shown or how often.

One artist we know has boldly decided to take the situation into his own hands and created his own gallery on the streets of New York City…