A Cat Asked My Boss to Fire Me from the Factory Because I Am a Talented Artist | Curated by Alexandra Orlova

Art is one of the most mysterious spheres of professional occupation. Most of what we see is the final product, and we know nothing about the production process. How much time an artist spent on the idea, what troubles they had while looking for specific materials, and, of course, how much money was spent on it. This invisible work is usually highly underappreciated because a lack of knowledge about it creates the wrong impression that artists have fun at exhibition openings, which is not true.

The absurdity of this situation is that many artists are forced to have a dual life, where they work a proper job during the daytime and go to another one, for themselves, in the evening. That makes some of them dream of a certain outside power that could become a fatal catalyst and change that lifestyle into art production 24/7. And here is where a…