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Pro tip: that night at the Cleveland print shop in 2019 made me rethink what counts as making art
I was picking up zines and the owner showed me a stack of AI generated posters he was selling next to local kids' hand drawn ones, and he shrugged and said 'people buy both, I don't ask questions,' which is the exact moment I stopped assuming buyers care how a picture got made, so now I'm curious how other artists here actually bring that up with shops without sounding like a jerk.
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charlies3719d ago
That Cleveland story hits home for me. Back in 2021 I watched a guy at a flea market in Akron sell out of these weird AI dog portraits while the girl next to him couldn't move her hand painted ones, and she just sat there looking crushed. That shop owner's shrug is the part that stings, because it means the whole thing isn't even about talent anymore, it's about what catches an eye on a shelf. I've had that same awkward talk with two shop owners near me and it never gets easier, you don't want to come off like you're gatekeeping. What's worked for me is just asking flat out, "do you carry machine made work," before I even show my stuff, so nobody feels tricked.
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