April 22, 2008
LIC Artist Gets Work on Gossip Girl
Artwork by Rene Smith as seen on Gossip Girl.
Last night as Gossip Girl returned to the airwaves, it brought some real LIC artists with it. In the fictional Bedford Avenue Gallery, as Blair plots to ruin Jenny Humphrey, she pauses in front of some pieces -- one of which belongs to LIC artist Rene Smith, who told us about how her art landed on Rufus Humphrey's walls.
I heard that Gossip Girl rented art work for their "gallery" and I actually just stopped by Silvercup Studios, which is right across the street from my studio. The security guard was nice enough to let me in and I was able to show my portfolio to art department coordinator.The art department also gave Smith a tour of the set, which is "enormous," and introduced her to the producer, who was also interested in her work. In the end, Gossip Girl is staying hush hush about how much the painting rented for, but Smith said the amount "was very helpful in terms of supporting my new work."I dropped off my work before the writers strike, so I didn't hear back from them for awhile, and then I got a call that they wanted to pick up my work in a few days and use it for the season premiere.
They rented it from me - they said on other episodes when a character buys a piece on the show, they purchase the work from the artist in real life as well so it can remain on the set, but in my case I have the work back in my studio now.
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flaccid, and yet absurd!
aaaaaaarrrrrrrghhh!!!! another gossip girl post!!
ok, jen, you leave me no choice but to start watching this show. i'll add it to my dvr schedule tonight. you win.
Good for the artist, but the very thought of this show still makes me puke violently.
Wow, that's my ex-girlfriend in that painting. The one on the right. Weird weird weird!!!
If The O.C. "made" indie bands pop out; is it any wonder the OC of the East would do the same for a creative art so New York?
No such thing as bad publicity I suppose.
I bet the producer was interested in more than her art.
Warning to the Gossip Girl cast, The OC cast are now all out of work and will probably appear in some VH1 reality show down the road or go to rehab, similar fates await all of you.