Owner of Sullivan Goss Gallery
Frank Goss has been a tastemaker in the Santa Barbara arts scene since 1994 after opening his gallery with his wife Patricia Sullivan Goss. This year is one of changes: he's selling the building that hosts the gallery and its adjacent cafe, and keeping the gallery next door. Plus, he is hoping, through Kickstarter to put out a monograph on the artist Ray Strong.
Keeping a gallery going in Santa Barbara is not easy, and so we sat down for a chat about the art scene, commerce, his history, and more.
Topics discussed include: Dave Hickey's art critique and the current state of the art business Government funding of the arts back in the day The business of running an art gallery How he quickly learned hard lessons when opening his first gallery His "welcome" to Santa Barbara from the owner of the Earthling What kind of people buy art generally, and who buys art in Santa Barbara How Montecito views Santa Barbara The crossover of the non-profit and profit gallery worlds The art coming out of our colleges Who can afford to make art and live as an artist Frank's college background, and his dad's career in jet propulsion His engineering background A childhood memory of art and Rodin The rise and fall of printmaking and selling More ruminations on contemporary art The taste of Santa Barbara and why we're still perplexed by abstract art Will Santa Barbarans buy art made by Santa Barbarans in Santa Barbara? Goss' favorite non-living Santa Barbara artists: Thomas Moran, Edward Potthast Ray Strong and Sullivan Goss' Kickstarter The future for art in Santa Barbara
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