Those kinds of accounts are very popular on the platform
@illustarts is an art curator and has be using Instagram for 9 years. He has actually chosen Instagram because he enjoys the display of the platform. He doesn’t live from his Instagram account and he doesn’t make any money out of it even if he has been offered money to share posts and sometimes he accepted but only if it fits his art taste. He declines offers when he doesn’t like the art as he doesn’t want to sell art, but rather to put forward what moves or amuses him.
@eyesneverliechico publishes movie quotes and art visuals. He has been posting on Instagram since 2015, and saw its potential to become one of the most trending app.
@illustarts customized his account by organizing his posts in
tryptiques : three pictures with elated art themes, or three
posts from a specific artist, that create coherency for his
entire feed.
@eyesneverliechico also insists on selecting pieces
of art that deal with similar themes and tries to create
consistency across his instagram feed.
@illustarts doesn’t feel limited by the format of Instagram. He
actually enjoys sharing art in this format, and he declares
having noticed very unique types of artistic expressions on
Instagram. Nevertheless, he has been censored for a piece he
posted several times.
@eyesneverliechico has also been censored
for posting pictures showing female nipples.
@illustarts talked about the “posting frequence” that an artist
sometimes feels pressured to keep on Instagram. He told us about
a specific time when he stopped sharing art because he was
unmotivated. He has since accepted to post only once every other
week and to loose followers.
@eyesneverliechico thinks that the
blank-square format of Instagram is constraining and wishes she
had more freedom. He also mentions that the fact that Instagram
is free enables artists to showcase their art more easily, no
matter their social background.
@illustarts doesn’t use other platforms.
@eyesneverliechico uses
Instagram because it is the app that enable to put forward
visual pieces more than others, such as Facebook or Twitter,
would.