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Does not matter whether public or private. You can be part of the permanent exhibition just the same.
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A permanent collection is when the gallery or museum acquired the works, whereas on permanent display means the artist is permanently displayed or 'permanently represented' at this particular location and not necessarily displaying always the same works. This privilege is given to an artist who's work is appreciated and known to attract art lovers.
Despite all the comments that later arose this first answer ended up being the best. I did eventually ask the artist what the phrase meant, and as Lorraine explained it referred to the artist's work being part of the permanent exhibition. There was some debate about whether this phrase was too limiting and whether "represented" would be better but I do not take the view that "permanently displayed" means that the same work is always on display. It is the artist that is displayed, the individual works may vary. 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
I had not read through all the posts in the discussion, now I have: I checked the information concerning France Houle "artiste en permanence" at Galerie Kaf Art...http://www.galeriekafart.com/FHoule.html
And I find that FH is actually working at the gallery as a teacher and an assistant manager....
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or, at least, a loose grip on a greasy pole on a slippery slope on the way to the answer.
Yeah, ask the client what the hell it means.
Good idea.
And I agree, Charles, it wouldn't make much sense for an artiste of Carson's $tanding to be engaged in any kind of indiscriminate smoozing en permanence --only on $pecial occa$ions, for particular client$.
Because it just doesn't ring true. Being chosen as an "artiste en permanence" in Alison's context, and other cases cited here, is clearly CV material, a feather in an artist's cap. I can't imagine a painter like this Carson character, who is very superior, collecting the keys to the gallery and showing people round. It seems to me that "permanence" simply means different things in different places.
Given the unexpected level of discussion and speculation over the specific meaning of this phrase I have sent the question to the client. I'll keep you posted!
The text simply says that the artist was chosen as an "artiste en permanence"
How can an artist 'assurant la permanence' meaning guarding the place can be 'chosen' if it is not of her of his own will, I ask my self... The artist was chosen the text says.
You've found "artiste de permanence" and "artiste en permanence" in multiple, independent places, with the concept of "une permanence" designating exactly what Laurette suggests.
So, what's your objection to this meaning not being the case in Alison's text?
I don't think that can be what it means here, but it's fair to say that "permanence" can be what Laurette suggests. The following is on a municipal art exhibition (so a different context: public sector). It's very DIY:
"Deux à trois artistes assurent collectivement une permanence pour garantir la surveillance des deux salles [...] Chaque artiste de permanence désigné pour l’ouverture de l’exposition devra retirer les clefs à l’accueil de la Mairie et les déposer dans la boîte aux lettres situées sur le parvis de l’hôtel de ville à la fermeture. [...] Un "petit manuel de l'artiste en permanence" contiendra : - des conseils et recommandations pour l’accueil et l’accompagnement du public dans l’exposition [...]" https://www.mairie-orsay.fr/medias/library/culture/reglement...
And "permanence" implies physical presence here too (on Avignon):
"C’est un concept qui est différent des galeries puisque dans ces dernières les œuvres d’art sont dénuées d’univers et il n’y a pas l’artiste en permanence. Là, le concept est inverse et n’est pas en opposition, le public va rencontrer l’artiste" https://www.boiteaculture.com/avignon-lart-secrit-en-majuscu...
There might well be an artist who was exhibiting, along with others, in a group show at a commercial gallery who was also the one (among the group) who was designated --or volunteered-- to be "permanently" available during gallery hours to greet the public, answer their questions, schmooze 'em, etc.
And, theoretically, that person *could* be designated as *l'artiste en permanence* --the "permanence" being limited here to the duration of that particular show (i.e., a permanence "en principe").
There is not much context, but I was wondering if it couldn't be the artist manning the gallery, if it is a group show for instance the gallery might ask artists to take turns : *l'artiste en permanence* would therefore be whomever was scheduled on a given day....
"permanently represented by this gallery" sounds about the best solution yet --it's not that any given work is on "permanent" display, nor even that an example of this artist's work is *always* on display, but that the artist is permanently represented by this gallery (in a particular city).
Presumably, there would be a contract between the two which would give the particular gallery exclusive rights to display (and, btw, sell) this artist's work in a particular city --or, perhaps, even world-wide.
I have to say I think it simply means a featured artist = an artist whose work is regularly on display at the gallery. e.g. http://teachban-artgallery.com/featured-artists/ I don't think a small gallery would have any artist's work permanently on display, even the ones they represent, but I could be wrong...
May I just say that in my view it makes perfect sense to refer to an artist being on display, meaning that his or her works are on display. This is known as metonymy.
The trouble is that if an artist is represented by a gallery, he/she is almost bound to be on regular if not literally permanent display there, and vice versa; it's very hard to say which it means.
Looking a little further into the Charles Carson case, I'm inclined to agree with Lorraine after all. He is undoubtedly represented by the Richelieu Gallery. He's also said to be "artiste en permanence" there. But that doesn't prove that the latter means the former. On his website, under "Contact>Galeries", it says:
Charles Carson and the Galerie Richelieu was the example that first suggested this idea to me. He seems to be a big name and there's quite a lot of stuff about him in English. It's striking, by the way, that so many of the examples of this not very common term come from Canada.
Representation is a crucial issue for working artists. They usually sell their work through a gallery that represents them. It's a very good deal for the gallery, which commonly takes about 50-75% of the sale price in commission, but the artists can't manage without them. Major artists can have more than one representative; Carson has lots.
Maybe I'll put this possibility on the table for Alison (Imms) to consider.
I had been thinking along the same lines as you and found lots of examples in English, but only one suggesting it might be an equivalent for the French. Charles Carson, artiste en permanence à la Galerie d’art Richelieu de Montréal. http://charlescarson.ca/?p=3225 Charles Carson is permanently represented at the Galerie Richelieu https://issuu.com/fineartmagazine/docs/fall_2009_fine_art_ma...
Hi Phil, the gallery is Galerie ROME in Grenoble. I believe it's commercial but it doesn't have a website and I can't find much information about it. Even if it is commercial, though, I tend to think that being on permanent display is still possible without being a "failure" for not selling. I would understand this to mean that the works vary but the gallery makes sure that there are always (or almost always) works by that artist...
I tried to solve this last night by looking at some examples of "artistes en permanence" at particular galleries and seeing whether information was available on them in English that might give the equivalent. I had high hopes of Rosalind Lindsay, a British artist who lives and works in France. The French version of her list of exhibitions includes:
This omission could be a mistake, but it makes me wonder whether the expression has no English equivalent. An English-speaking artist ought to know it if there is one.
I think you're right that it might in practice mean that the artist's work is shown regularly, rather than literally all the time. But if an artist is on permanent display, it doesn't mean the same pieces are always on display; it means they always have his/her stuff on the walls, and when the work sells they replace it with something else by the same artist.
As far as I can tell this term is used only with private galleries. I have a suspicion that the idea is a represented artist (an artist who is on the gallery's books, whom the gallery represents). Commercial galleries have "stables" of artists whose work they promote. But I'm not confident that "en permanence" means only that.
is a commonly used English term --virtually always implying (literal) "residence" on the site of some kind of workshop or program, either stand-alone or attached to a larger institution (like a university).
And it does *not* mean "artist on permanent display" (in a gallery).
Far as I am aware, there is no brief term in English for that latter species of personage.
Saying that someone is a "featured artist" (in a gallery or display) does not imply "permanence" --only (usually temporary) prominence within the larger context of a specific exhibition or "show."
So I suppose that Lorraine's "artist on permanent display" is the closest thing we can come up with.
I tried to enter a discussion entry earlier (when I put in the 'agree') but I couldn't get it to register as such for some reason. As mentioned my experience wasn't in a gallery context and I felt the same as Christopher i.e. that 'artist in residence' comes to mind but that I didn't know if it could be said of a gallery. Was going to ask if you had more context. Either way I am more than happy to bow to the experience of an artist in the specific field. And yes, in my case I was living on site at the time.
that, at least in U.S. usage, an artist "on permanent display" (among other artists who are featured on a rotating basis) would not be thought of as being (literally) "en résidence" --that latter sense would imply that the person were *living* on the site.
And that is true for artists (including, e.g., writers) who are brought to an "art colony" to "reside" on the site for a certain period of time (e.g., a year) as a kind of fellowship.
But if the term really does occur in French usage to signify (merely) "permanent display" in a commercial gallery, then Lorraine's answer must be correct.
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artist whose work is on permanent exhibition
Explanation: (Er, we very probably aren't talking about an artist who is an "exhibitionist" (little joke here).) Alternative: artist in residence. ((I don't like this because it's too broad, e.g. it employs that the artist teaches and lectures there.)) --- The Dinner Party - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dinner_Party
The Dinner Party is an installation artwork by feminist artist Judy Chicago. Widely regarded as ... Since 2007, it has been on permanent exhibition in the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum, New York. ... The work began modestly as Twenty-Five Women Who Were Eaten Alive, a way in which ...
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To emphasize my criticism of "artist on permanent display": "Artist on permanent display" is tres colloquial, trop colloquial en fait. The image created is of a stuffed dead artist, the product of taxidermy, who/which is being displayed bodily in the museum. Alternatively the image created is of an artist who resides in a glass-walled cubicle in the museum, a la people who "lifecast" their entire lives on the Internet. --- Lifecasting (video stream) - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifecasting_(video_stream)
Lifecasting is a continual live streaming of events in a person's life through digital media. Typically, lifecasting is transmitted through the medium of the Internet and ... Collegeboyslive chose 6 random people to live in the house and have their entire lives broadcast 24/7 for 6 months where viewers can watch and listen to ...
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it employs that --> it implies that
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Alternative 2 (obvious but unidiomatic, whereas Google indicates that "on permanent exhibition" is highly idiomatic): artist whose work is on permanent display.
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