Sc4logo-nv5-dk-ccw-377
Scene4 Magazine — Les Marcott | www.scene4.com

Les Marcott

The Balazs Szabo Artist Discovery Museum of NC

The Balazs Szabo Artist Discovery Museum of NC recently opened in Hillsborough, North Carolina.  Named after its founder, acclaimed Hungarian-American artist Balazs Szabo, the museum will not only house the works of established artists but will be instrumental in launching the careers of promising younger artists.

 

photo-1-1-cr

 

Part of Szabo’s rationale for this concept is his gratitude to this country for the opportunities that have come his way.  This is a man who as a boy escaped his native Hungary in the aftermath of the Soviet crackdown during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.  Also, as he explained to me in a recent conversation, is the importance of providing the ideal environment in which these younger artists can maintain viability in the art world.

 

Maintaining viability – and sustainability means a business relationship in which an artist is not being charged a commission fee of 50-60% (plus the cost of framing) by an art gallery for work sold.  Szabo insists this arrangement can be devastating if not potentially fatal during the infancy of a young artist’s career.  He offers a different approach.  It is a formula that worked for him during his 20 year residence in Hawaii. It was there Szabo hosted his own exhibits and sold directly to the art buying public. He said it is essential for an artist to develop a personal relationship with his or her would-be patrons. Having work sold by a middleman (the galleries) not only reduces the artist’s profitability but leaves potential buyers with unanswered questions that only the artist of note can provide.

 

Szabo plans to hold biannual exhibits for these struggling artists starting in the fall of this year.  It will be an exclusive black tie gala event in which serious collectors are invited to view and purchase works of art.  All proceeds from the sales are kept by the exhibiting artist.  At that time his forthcoming book Rich Artist Poor Artist will be made available. It is geared toward coaching the struggling artist in the means of making a living as artists previously did before the advent of the modern art gallery.  This book is on the heels of his recently published children’s book Tweezer Beezer.  Rich Artist Poor Artist is also an art history lesson for the rest of us.

 

photo-2-1-cr

 

Currently the museum is housed in Szabo’s gallery/studio awaiting the move to bigger digs in an eco-friendly 7,000 square foot building containing an art gallery, studio, library, and a botanical garden as funding becomes available.  His one of the kind museum will honor the past but look forward to a time in which artists will exert more control of their creations.

 

BALAZS-IN-WINTER-cr

Read my brief biography of
the Life and Art of Balazs Szabo
in the September 2011 issue of Scene4.

For more information about the museum:
info@thebalazsartistdiscoverymuseum.com

 

inView

April 2015

Post Your Comments
About This Article Here

Share This Page

View other readers’ comments in Letters to the Editor

Les Marcott is a songwriter, musician, performer and a Senior
Writer and columnist for Scene4. His latest book of monologues,
stories and short plays, Character Flaws, is published by
AviarPress. Read his Blog
For more of his commentary and articles,
Check the Archives:

searchbutton3-clear34

©2014 Les Marcott
©2014 Publication Scene4 Magazine

 

Sc4logo-nv5-dk

®

 

Cover | This Issue | inView | inFocus | inSight | Perspectives | Blogs | inPrint | Comments | Contact Us | Recent Issues | Special Issues | Masthead | Contacts&Links | Submissions | Advertising | Subscribe | Books | Your Support | Privacy | Terms | Archives
Search This ISSUE

Search This Issue

Search The ARCHIVES

Search The Archives

Translate Page

 

 Share This Page

Email

Share in Facebook

Facebook

 


Scene4 (ISSN 1932-3603), published monthly by Scene4 Magazine - International Magazine of Arts and Culture. Copyright © 2000-2015 AVIAR-DKA LTD - AVIAR MEDIA LLC. All rights reserved. Now in our 15th year of publication with Worldwide Readership in 126 Countries and comprehensive archives of 8500 pages.
 

sciam-subs-221tf71
Julius Krinski NUDITY - authorized edition -  Scene4 Books/Aviarpress www.aviarpress.com
Hollywood Red: The Autobiography of Lester Cole  ©2013 Scene4 Books  www.aviarpress.com
Character Flaws by Les Marcott at www.aviarpress.com
Bookends by Carla Maria-Verdino Süllwold - Scene4 Magazine - www.scene4.com
Thai Airways at Scene4 Magazine