At any one time I have over a hundred clients with about ten active ones. I mention Galya, who is a client, because she has taught me one thing about business and reminded me of another about art.
One, because she creates one-of-a-kind wearable art. In the 70s and 80s there were dozens of retail outlets for wearable art in the U.S., now, I find, there are only two or three such retail outlets. The market has changed significantly.
The greatest designer of wearable art, in those days, was Kaisek Wong also a friend and client.
Two, she reminds me that great art is defined by the power to change perception. The two images of Galya’s metallic headscarf on this page come from a piece now owned by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In a time of Islam and Muslim head scarfs, this image is powerful art.