Artist s alternative to affordable housing. College students are intelligent and will understand the artwork. To access the ones you want, catalogs and descriptive information, as well as guided tours , can awaken the targeted brain cells. Conspiring with the art faculty is also highly recommended. Slide lectures will most likely be attended by you and the artist s mother unless they are part of a class requirement.
Artists have no tricks up their sleeves.
The real trick is to get you to take responsibility for something too large, unwieldy, unstable, or otherwise inconvenient for the artist to retrieve. In order to prevent this, have explicit, signed contracts specifying the conditions of the loan and dates for removal of the work. Get all contact information and request notification if they move. You may also want to send out reminders as the end of the show approaches. Abandoned by the artist, this piece deteriorated and was banished to the junkpile.