FULLY COMMITTED (April 12, 2000)

So far, I have offered my postcard exhibition to twelve leading gallerists from London and one from New York. What the heck, I thought, the Big Apple is still in the running in spite of London’s lead. I started with Mary Barone in February. She responded immediately by electronic mail, but wrote that she was already fully committed to her artists. In early March I wrote to Maureen Paley. She has not responded. Neither has Stephan Friedman. Sadie Coles responded by electronic mail as soon as she got my mail, but she said she was fully committed to her own artists. In late March the waiting got to me, and so I wrote at the same time to Anthony d’Offay, Charles Saatchi, Jay Jopling, and Marian Goodman. I have not heard from any of them. Michael Hue-Williams, Laure Genillard, and Nicholas Logsdail came next, in early April. One of Nicholas’s assistants responded by electronic mail, saying that they were fully committed to their artists. The last two gallerists I wrote to were Victoria Miro and Cornelia Grassi. That was last week, but I have not heard from them yet. They must be fully committed, too. An admirable bunch, the leading gallerists. If my own commitment only matched theirs!