How much of this "nightmare" is a result of your friends' actions? Did
they get references before they agreed to enter into a contract with the
gallery owner? Did both parties agree to end the contract or did your
friends just decide to "stop in and grab their photos"? If the latter,
your friends reneged on their part of the agreement and it was a bad
idea to do do with someone who is drunk and possibly irrational most of
the time. Rational people need to behave in rational ways when
confronted with irrationality.
Ali Shah wrote:
> Friends of mine exhibited in a local "art"? gallery in
> which they were the "featured" artists. They
> specialize in HDR work and have some amazing work.
> Anyhow, they suspected something was terribly wrong
> with the gallery owner from the start. He drank a lot
> and was drunk most of the time. The opening reception
> for the show happened during the weekend. After
> running a couple of days - they decided to pull out
> today. The owner was just too strange and drunk. After
> the show closed for the night...they came back to pack
> up their photos.
>
> The owner and his girlfriend were drinking with some
> of their people. They even consumed a bottle of rum
> that they gave to my friends as a gift. When my
> friends stopped into grab their photos, the gallery
> owner popped a video camera in their faces and started
> to threaten them. He started to beat up my friends
> husband and made incredibly rude comments towards all
> of them. He also threatened her son. All of this while
> videotaping the whole thing. His deal was 25%
> commission on sales and didnt charge any rent/fees for
> use of the gallery. He asked for double commission and
> then locked the doors to the gallery. Started to smash
> his own artwork. Needless to say the police showed up
> and my friends asked them to stand guard so they could
> take their stuff. Imagine if the owner decided to
> smash their artwork. They had about $2500 worth of
> work on display. The cops told my friends to pay the
> guy whatever they owed otherwise they'd have to get
> their stuff through court. He made all kinds of
> promises but nothing really panned out. Now he has a
> videotape which he can do whatever he wants and
> basically bad mouth my friends any which way. I still
> cannot believe this happened.
>
> What a nightmare!
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