Jancy Jaslow on wed 7 apr 99
O.K., I have been floating through the "Artist's Statement" discussion. Then
I picked up my 12yr old son's most recent addition to his collection of
Calvin and Hobbes comic books, "It's a Magical World" and the book opened to
page 68.(!)
So, although the comic drawings are a necessary part of the image, I thought
I'd share the words, which cracked me up.
Calvin, a precocious kid with a massive vocabulary and imagination,
and absolutely no self-control or math ability, has a stuffed tiger
companion, Hobbes, who is sometimes a voice of reason.
In this section Calvin thinks he'll be a great artist with his
sidewalk chalk drawings:
C: People always make the mistake of thinking art is created for them.
But really, art is a private language for sophisticates to
congratulate themselves on their superiority to the rest of the world.
As my artist's statement explains, my work is utterly
incomprehensible and is therefore full of deep significance. (Hands paper to
Hobbes).
Hobbes: You misspelled "weltanschauung."
C: A good artist's statement says more than his art ever does.
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