Sandy Miller on wed 4 oct 06
Is it necessary? Yes, if you're serious about showing in galleries developing people who collect your work. It is not "art speak"! If you love what you do write a very well thought out paragraph and then keep tweaking it. It's just like developing a good glaze. For years I agonized over the artist statement issue and at one point threw my hands up and said if you don't get it; too bad. After wanting to submit work I was pretty excited about and not having that stupid artist's statement the pots sat in my studio and eventually I moved onto other work and sold the piece I had been sooooo excited about.
Several years ago my daughter was taking a business class at college and she emailed a long questionnaire home and asked me to fill it out for her paper. I painstakingly sat through the questions and answered them honestly and sent them back. I went out to the studio to work and found many of the questions stuck in my mind........I thought Hey that was an artist statement I just sent back for her paper!! So here are a couple of the questions to get you started. If you sincerely answer the questions, go back, re-read and tweak what you write you will have somewhat of an artist statement.
1.) Where do you find your inspiration?
2.) In making your art what do you consider the most important factor for your ideas?
3.) Is there any process you attribute in making your art? (sketching, meditation,
nothing)
4.) What drives you to make your work?
5.) Is ceramics you only profession?
6.) Are you an artist or craftsmen?
Interview yourself and have fun with it. You statement should change often and every time you step back and ask yourself a few key questions it will give you some insight to your work.
Sandy Miller
www.sandymillerpottery.com
W J Seidl on thu 5 oct 06
Sandy:
You're right! This IS fun!
1) Watching my partner in the bathroom in the morning.
2) Will the cat be able to sit on it (wet) and destroy it?
3) Um...DUH! Throwing and handbuilding.
4) The overwhelming desire to give the cat something to destroy.
5) You're kidding, right? NO potter has only ONE profession. All of
us are Jacks or Jills of all trades. We have to be.
6) I'm a potter.
That makes my artist statement:
"I find my inspiration watching daily morning ritual behavior in my
household. The most important factor in the making of that art is =
whether or
not my cats will be able to destroy it by sitting on it, and I am truly
driven by the overwhelming desire to help them fulfill their ambitions. =
The
process I use depends on the piece being made, either by throwing clay =
or
hand building. I consider myself neither artist, artisan or crafter. I =
am
a potter, when I am not busy doing hundreds of other things which foster
that talent."
Oh, PLEASE!
ROFL
Wayne Seidl
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Subject: artist statements, for those who struggle.........
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So here are a couple of the questions to get you started. If you =
sincerely
answer the questions, go back, re-read and tweak what you write you will
have somewhat of an artist statement.
1.) Where do you find your inspiration?
2.) In making your art what do you consider the most important factor =
for
your ideas?
3.) Is there any process you attribute in making your art? (sketching,
meditation,
nothing)
4.) What drives you to make your work?
5.) Is ceramics you only profession?
6.) Are you an artist or craftsmen?
Interview yourself and have fun with it. You statement should change
often and every time you step back and ask yourself a few key questions =
it
will give you some insight to your work.
Sandy Miller
www.sandymillerpottery.com
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Vince Pitelka on fri 6 oct 06
Wayne wrote:
"I find my inspiration watching daily morning ritual behavior in my
household. The most important factor in the making of that art is whether or
not my cats will be able to destroy it by sitting on it, and I am truly
driven by the overwhelming desire to help them fulfill their ambitions. The
process I use depends on the piece being made, either by throwing clay or
hand building. I consider myself neither artist, artisan or crafter. I am
a potter, when I am not busy doing hundreds of other things which foster
that talent."
Bravo Wayne! You've finally defined yourself as an artist. I can only
imagine the epiphany you must feel, finally knowing your true purpose and
direction. See? Didn't I tell you about artist's statements?
The true meaning of life can be found in one's own artist's statement.
- Vince, tongue partially in cheek.
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/
Vince Pitelka on fri 6 oct 06
David Hendley wrote
> The vortex creates, the chaos profligates. In the trans-gender
> reality, art objects are resurrections of the musings of the
> vortex -- a vortex that uses the chaos as a parallax to deconstruct
> ideas, patterns, and emotions. With the synergy of the electronic
> environment, the vortex is superseding a point where it will be
> free from the chaos to share immersions into the contortions
> of the delphic reality. Work of Post-Art in the Age of Symbiotic
> Reproduction contains 10 minimal shockwave engines (also
> refered to as "memes") that enable the user to make pregnant
> audio/visual compositions.
> Dr. Clay Potter's work investigates the nuances of modulations
> through the use of slow motion and close-ups which emphasize
> the Symbiotic nature of digital media. Potter explores abstract
> and secondary scenery as motifs to describe the idea of infinite
> reality. Using cerebral loops, non-linear narratives, and slow-
> motion images as patterns, Potter creates meditative environments
> which suggest the expansion of art...
Oh David, now I FINALLY understand your work. It's all perfectly clear!
Thank you for that illumination.
- 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/
David Hendley on fri 6 oct 06
In spite of Wayne's juvenile and gleeful musings, Sandy's
list of questions is a good tool for generating a worthwhile
and honest artist's statement.
Actually, your statement will probably be too long if you
try to include answers to all the questions. The value is that
they will get you started thinking and writing.
This is much better than using The Market-O-Matic (fine
arts version).
Ha, ha, here's my Market-O-Matic artist's statement:
The vortex creates, the chaos profligates. In the trans-gender
reality, art objects are resurrections of the musings of the
vortex -- a vortex that uses the chaos as a parallax to deconstruct
ideas, patterns, and emotions. With the synergy of the electronic
environment, the vortex is superseding a point where it will be
free from the chaos to share immersions into the contortions
of the delphic reality. Work of Post-Art in the Age of Symbiotic
Reproduction contains 10 minimal shockwave engines (also
refered to as "memes") that enable the user to make pregnant
audio/visual compositions.
Dr. Clay Potter's work investigates the nuances of modulations
through the use of slow motion and close-ups which emphasize
the Symbiotic nature of digital media. Potter explores abstract
and secondary scenery as motifs to describe the idea of infinite
reality. Using cerebral loops, non-linear narratives, and slow-
motion images as patterns, Potter creates meditative environments
which suggest the expansion of art...
David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas
david(at)farmpots(dot)com
http://www.farmpots.com
> How is this for an automatically generated statement - if you want to
> achieve the lofty heights of 'artspeak' you really need to check out this
> Artist Statement Generator that is available online. Here is a sample of
> what you can produce; baffle the experts, impress the 'in crowd', amuse
> the
> masses.
>
> You can check it out and amuse yourself by visiting the following link,
> enjoy! ;-)
>
> http://www.playdamage.org/market-o-matic/
So here are a couple of the questions to get you started. If you sincerely
answer the questions, go back, re-read and tweak what you write you will
have somewhat of an artist statement.
1.) Where do you find your inspiration?
2.) In making your art what do you consider the most important factor for
your ideas?
3.) Is there any process you attribute in making your art? (sketching,
meditation, nothing)
4.) What drives you to make your work?
5.) Is ceramics you only profession?
6.) Are you an artist or craftsmen?
Interview yourself and have fun with it. You statement should change
often and every time you step back and ask yourself a few key questions it
will give you some insight to your work.
Sandy Miller
www.sandymillerpottery.com
Kathy Forer on fri 6 oct 06
This is a terrific statement. Did the engine generate this second
paragraph or was it your own?
On Oct 6, 2006, at 5:41 AM, David Hendley wrote:
> Dr. Clay Potter's work investigates the nuances of modulations
> through the use of slow motion and close-ups which emphasize
> the Symbiotic nature of digital media. Potter explores abstract
> and secondary scenery as motifs to describe the idea of infinite
> reality. Using cerebral loops, non-linear narratives, and slow-
> motion images as patterns, Potter creates meditative environments
> which suggest the expansion of art...
Dr. Clay Potter's work investigates 1) variety of textured surfaces
2) the curl on the lip of a cylinder
3) the range of color of clays mined in the Myciana valley
The works employs various techniques and stylistic devices to
emphasize the interrelation of form, color and surface.
Generating arrays and motifs as seen in the unearthed juxtaposition
of shards of local pottery found behind a Minnetonka, Minnesota
school, Potter describes the ahistorical need for aesthetic ketman.
Using surface, form and color, Potter creates pots that we can use in
our daily life.
--
Kathy Forer
www.foreverink.com
Steve Slatin on sat 7 oct 06
Vince --
I'm surprised! I would have thought that an experiences
teacher such as yourself would have recognized that the
non-linear vortex was expressed in those funky little
'foot' pads David puts under some of his cups.
-- Steve Slatin
Vince Pitelka wrote:
David Hendley wrote
Oh David, now I FINALLY understand your work. It's all perfectly clear!
Thank you for that illumination.
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
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