vibin247
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What I got out of art school is a few things, but they are important aspects of what it means to be an artist and the ongoing discussion of art itself:
1) To disregard any other opinion about your work is pure folly. It's not because it's true, or the commentary seems to degrade the work on a rudimentary level, but it is still valid. I was once told by one of my professors that once a work of art enters the public sphere, it's place in the world is forever influenced by the public's perception, much greater than yours alone.
2) What is good/bad art may essentially be the root question of art, but eventually you have to question the very definition of art, which is IMO, impossible. It's ludicrous to determine a work's value in terms of personal taste.
3) The connection between the idea and the work is always the greatest difficulty for the artist to overcome, and perhaps few have. Can an object encompass the idea in its' entirety? And from this predicament, can a work ever be finished, not just in its' physical completion, but also as a reference to the discussion of art? Simply, no.
4) There is nothing wrong about promoting and selling your work for sole profit. It maybe shallow and unjustified, but if you plan to thrive and make a financially successful career out of it, you better know who's willing to sell it for you and willing to buy it from you. The life of an artist can be brutal, often unsettling and unsatisfying, especially for those wanting the glory of being the next wunderkind who has frequent one-man shows, sells works to the highest and most prominent figures, and is frequently discussed among critics and other artists. Perhaps the high price of high art is the real payoff, but the process of forming the idea and then execution, IMO, is much more priceless.
1) To disregard any other opinion about your work is pure folly. It's not because it's true, or the commentary seems to degrade the work on a rudimentary level, but it is still valid. I was once told by one of my professors that once a work of art enters the public sphere, it's place in the world is forever influenced by the public's perception, much greater than yours alone.
2) What is good/bad art may essentially be the root question of art, but eventually you have to question the very definition of art, which is IMO, impossible. It's ludicrous to determine a work's value in terms of personal taste.
3) The connection between the idea and the work is always the greatest difficulty for the artist to overcome, and perhaps few have. Can an object encompass the idea in its' entirety? And from this predicament, can a work ever be finished, not just in its' physical completion, but also as a reference to the discussion of art? Simply, no.
4) There is nothing wrong about promoting and selling your work for sole profit. It maybe shallow and unjustified, but if you plan to thrive and make a financially successful career out of it, you better know who's willing to sell it for you and willing to buy it from you. The life of an artist can be brutal, often unsettling and unsatisfying, especially for those wanting the glory of being the next wunderkind who has frequent one-man shows, sells works to the highest and most prominent figures, and is frequently discussed among critics and other artists. Perhaps the high price of high art is the real payoff, but the process of forming the idea and then execution, IMO, is much more priceless.
