tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3505787675092609445.post6968336583161394894..comments2023-10-11T02:45:27.440-07:00Comments on Wendy O'Brien: mixed media/ fibre art: Art TheftWendy O'Brien Fibre Artisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126550213356239025noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3505787675092609445.post-6229509833601811842015-04-12T23:04:44.728-07:002015-04-12T23:04:44.728-07:00Unbelievable! Some people - such a shame!Unbelievable! Some people - such a shame!Sue Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290883305744418653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3505787675092609445.post-20881892723302541332015-03-03T09:04:51.707-08:002015-03-03T09:04:51.707-08:00Having been ripped off numerous times for works I ...Having been ripped off numerous times for works I created in the past and recently, and having tried to pursue it legally only to find out the cost to do so was prohibitive, I can only comment that us small time artists are vulnerable and there is truly not much that can be done about it. If it were a Koons, different story! I am always creating new works, which does keep me one step ahead of the ripoff game. However, it doesn't reduce the sting of seeing your idea get copied or used as someone else's, ESPECIALLY when they get featured on magazines, get accepted into exhibitions, etc. with work that is yours, which has been the case with my work. I have tried to talk with the offending artists and have been met with haughty disregard. I have complained to the huge national art group that published another artist's work that was a rip off of mine (I had sent her images for a show she was curating, she copied the works and then used them as her own) and been told to be flattered that someone is "inspired" by me. Ostriches. I have given up and just go on making new work and ignore these offenses. That is the world today and another crappy indignity us artists have to contend with. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00055295184904475417noreply@blogger.com