Pompous artists' statements
Today we ran errands in Kerikeri.
We got home late and very tired.
I think we will make a salad and crash in front of the TV with a movie and a blanket.
We did talk about art marketing today as we sat in the cafe’.
We talked about some of the artist’s statements we have seen in this part of the world.
Many exhibits that I saw had a long and elaborate (and sometime nonsensical) artist’s statement.
In my opinion, this is part of the issue that rural people face. They want to be and do things like “city people”. except that the world is constantly changing and especially in big cities, people do thing differently than they did them in the eighties.
Nobody thinks that the art needs the support of a statement. The art should speak loud and clear. the statement could be whimsical or short or anything the artist feel like.
Few days ago I read a Bio of an artist that I liked:
Marissa Arterberry is a Visual Artist living in Oakland, California. She has become known for her acid-bright depictions of women of African descent. Marissa graduated from San Francisco State University in 2007 with a B.A. in Painting. She has shown work at the San Jose Jazz Festival, the San Francisco Women’s Building and Stanford University. In her free time, Marissa dedicates herself to African and Brazilian dance, eating lots of fruits and vegetables, and taking long walks. She is always on the lookout for fresh squeezed orange juice.
Her contact is: www.soulgoddess.com
We got home late and very tired.
I think we will make a salad and crash in front of the TV with a movie and a blanket.
We did talk about art marketing today as we sat in the cafe’.
We talked about some of the artist’s statements we have seen in this part of the world.
Many exhibits that I saw had a long and elaborate (and sometime nonsensical) artist’s statement.
In my opinion, this is part of the issue that rural people face. They want to be and do things like “city people”. except that the world is constantly changing and especially in big cities, people do thing differently than they did them in the eighties.
Nobody thinks that the art needs the support of a statement. The art should speak loud and clear. the statement could be whimsical or short or anything the artist feel like.
Few days ago I read a Bio of an artist that I liked:
Marissa Arterberry is a Visual Artist living in Oakland, California. She has become known for her acid-bright depictions of women of African descent. Marissa graduated from San Francisco State University in 2007 with a B.A. in Painting. She has shown work at the San Jose Jazz Festival, the San Francisco Women’s Building and Stanford University. In her free time, Marissa dedicates herself to African and Brazilian dance, eating lots of fruits and vegetables, and taking long walks. She is always on the lookout for fresh squeezed orange juice.
Her contact is: www.soulgoddess.com
