ARTIST STATEMENT
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- traut
Ive never had to write one of these until now having some difficulty any examples of what should really be in one of these ?
Often times they seem to be a bit of just random stuff about where your arts coming from or what your trying to accomplish i guess ?
- _salisae_0
perhaps explain your relationship with the caps lock key
- Jaline0
perhaps explain your relationship with the caps lock key
_salisae_
(Nov 8 06, 09:26)ha! I was just about to post this.
- ricstultz0
Artists statements are tought, the best ones are always the most honest.
Keep it simple.
I always say something along the lines of "I draw as a way to organize life".
Good luck yo.
- hiatus0
fertilize thoughts ®
- Neuarmy0
i hate artists statements...
i'm not a writer, i'm an artist - shouldn't my art be the statement?
unless of course you're on some conceptual type of shit that needs some explaining.
- hiatus0
word up
- grunttt0
taking from what neuarmy said... write that shit in 3rd person. that way it doesn't read as if you're writing about yourself - but at the same time go for the 'soft sell' - you don't wanna sound like a cock... or a cock describing an artist... or a cock describing a cock.
- ricstultz0
I always find it easier to talk about my work than write about it... maybe dictating into a tape recorder and then transcribing would be a good way to go about it.
- Grieg0
These are definitely tough. People make incoherent, too personal statements that are hard to follow.
Andrea Zittel has a nice short one right up front:
http://www.zittel.org/index.html…Then there's the approach of just describing factually where the art comes from, almost like an art histiran would, or how a dealer would talk about it to a client, like if you made a shorter version of:
http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibit…
You can start by paraphrasing something, then it'll be easier to figure out what you want to say.
- kodap0
I agree with Neuarmy, but write just what you think your art means to you or what you want the public to understand when seeing your work.
In fact I also have to write one now...
- hiatus0
publishen'em I'm punishen'em
-i feel better now
- nocomply0
fuck an artist statement. college killed my love for art. i am a DESIGNER.
that said, i did have to do one once for a photo gallery expo. really hard to phrase it in a way that doesn't make you sound like an elitist cock. keep it very short. no one likes a long-winded cock.
- Grieg0
I left my last statement blank
- ricstultz0
One of the hardest things about it is relating the work to other people, something they can grasp... often times I think artist statements are too personal, they end up leaving the audience in the dark.
Its hard to take an objective stance on your own work. But in essence an artist statement is telling people why they should care about what you do... why they should take your work seriously.
- ********0
can't your publicist do it for you?
- Complexfruit0
Describe how the work relates to your other work, is it a continuation, or a break in a new direction. And stating what your intentions for making it in the first place should suffice.
The better artist statements that I have liked, read more as a story rather than a manifesto of sorts.
They provide me the viewer, an insight into the artist's mind.
- joyride0
http://www.mollygordon.com/resou…
google - 1st link
- traut0
Thanks for everyones thoughts and input ya i googled it and ya i read a bunch of stuff but i wanted to see what others on here thought / felt about them.
Im with RIC / NEU, my work shouldnt need a bio its a photo or a illustration it is what it is take it as you want its not changing. But im doing work for this big ohio wide thing that needs a 250 word artist statement. BLAH
- Grieg0
A short statement about why you chose your subject matter should suffice.
Don't get too deep.
- Grieg0
...or like, what interests you about your own images