Dear Artist,
Thank you for submitting your work to the gallery, along with The Pre-Rumpelite Manifesto, which was circulated among our curatorial team, administrative staff, and—briefly—our legal counsel.
We appreciate the clarity of your position, particularly your assertion that “technique is a distraction,” as this helped us quickly understand why several of the images resisted framing, labeling, and explanation. While we admire your commitment to immediacy, summoning, and what appears to be a deliberate rejection of the Undo function, we regret to inform you that the gallery is not currently equipped to support work that describes itself as a “visitation.”
Several points in the manifesto raised internal questions. For example, the notion that the artist is a “channel, not a craftsman” caused understandable concern regarding authorship, insurance liability, and whether the work might continue arriving after the opening reception. Likewise, while we respect the idea that humor is sacred, our collectors tend to prefer humor that is discreet, ironic, and safely wall-mounted.
We were particularly struck by your commitment to rarity (“one artifact, one copy”), though this presents logistical challenges for a gallery whose business model relies on multiples, editions, and the gentle illusion of abundance.
Ultimately, while we find the manifesto compelling in a theological sense, we feel the work may be better suited to an environment less bound by press releases, donor dinners, and the need to reassure visitors that everything they are seeing is, in fact, intentional.
We strongly encourage you to continue developing the Pre-Rumpelite position, as it is both distinctive and—if we’re being honest—slightly alarming in a way that suggests conviction. Unfortunately, we must do so from a safe distance.
Warm regards,
The Gallery
P.S. Please do not send relics, runes, or additional oaths by mail.
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