Fred Parker on mon 16 apr 07
I'm inviting anyone who is interested to visit my blog at
and read: 1) my general thoughts about
artist's statements and 2) my own "artist's" statement.
Comments encouraged.
Fred Parker
Elizabeth Priddy on mon 16 apr 07
I would love to see you revise your artist statement to
exclude ALL meta issues about artist statements
and then work with the remaining bits of numbers one
and two until they are an integrated statement showing
the range of your feelings about making things.
What is there made me wonder when
you might ever get past the form
and get to the content.
No rocks to throw, sorry.
Elizabeth Priddy
Beaufort, NC - USA
http://www.elizabethpriddy.com
----- Original Message ----
From: Fred Parker
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 4:39:44 PM
Subject: Here's an artist's statement to throw rocks at...
I'm inviting anyone who is interested to visit my blog at
and read: 1) my general thoughts about
artist's statements and 2) my own "artist's" statement.
Comments encouraged.
Fred Parker
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Lois Ruben Aronow on mon 16 apr 07
Since you asked....
1. you are a clever writer
2. it is too wordy
3. it gives me, the reader, no idea what kind of work you make, except that
clay is your chosen medium
4. it gives me, the reader, no clue what you are trying to achieve in making
your work
Just my 2cents worth...
...lo
Ps...I'm finding this thread to be extraordinarily interesting!!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of
> Fred Parker
> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 4:40 PM
> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> Subject: Here's an artist's statement to throw rocks at...
>
> I'm inviting anyone who is interested to visit my blog at
> and read: 1) my general
> thoughts about artist's statements and 2) my own "artist's" statement.
>
> Comments encouraged.
>
> Fred Parker
>
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Vince Pitelka on tue 17 apr 07
Fred Parker wrote:
> I'm inviting anyone who is interested to visit my blog at
> and read: 1) my general thoughts about
> artist's statements and 2) my own "artist's" statement.
> Comments encouraged.
Fred -
I like most of what you say in your artist's statement, although I think it
could say a bit more about pots - what kind of processes you use and why,
etc. That's not necessary, but I think it would serve the purpose of your
artist's statement as I understand that purpose. You'd need to cut
elsewhere, or it will get too long. An artist's statement should never be
longer than one printed page, and even that is a pretty long one.
I do think that some of the comments you make in the paragraphs before the
artist's statements are a little strange. I agree that there are lots of
artist's statements that are artspeak drivel, but there are plenty of good
ones. All you have to do is cruise craftspeople's websites and you will
find some excellent artist's statements. I think that the kind of
Post-Modern lingo you frequently found in artist's statements five or ten
years ago is going out of fashion, and artists are actually trying to inform
rather than obfuscate. Ultimately, what's the point of doing otherwise.
The ones that obfuscate through inaccessible language are not worth anything
at all. They are not even worth commenting on (so why am I commenting on
them?).
Why not just think of your artist's statement as a genuine represenatation
of who you are and why you make work, and eliminate the references to "Those
seeking comments on the environment, social order, politics or the
"destructive nature of humankind" We certainly do need people doing
artwork that comments on all those things and every other aspect of the
human condition, but that's not what your work addresses, so why even
mention this? Between those comments, and the ones earlier in the blog, you
sound a little defensive, and there's no reason at all why you should be
defensive, or why you should be the least bit hesitant about writing an
artist's statement that honestly represents who you are and why you do what
you do. You write well, and you have good things to say.
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Technological University
Smithville TN 37166, 615/597-6801 x111
vpitelka@dtccom.net, wpitelka@tntech.edu
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka/
http://www.tntech.edu/craftcenter/
Arnold Howard on wed 18 apr 07
From: "Vince Pitelka"
> Fred -
> I like most of what you say in your artist's statement,
> although I think it
> could say a bit more about pots - what kind of processes
> you use and why,
I agree with Vince. It might also be interesting to
illustrate the statement with a small, personal anecdote.
Sincerely,
Arnold Howard
Paragon Industries, L.P., Mesquite, Texas USA
ahoward@paragonweb.com / www.paragonweb.com
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