Intimidated Spectators
Posted: October 31st, 2008 | Author: Sean | Filed under: Thoughts | Tags: art intimidation | 1 Comment »Normally when I go on a posting spree its because I’m at the gallery and relatively workless. Today at the school is a Open House event so we are getting lots of people. Since I’ve worked here I have been surprised by the number of people who stop at the door, poke their head in, and ask if they can come in, as if they need permission. I think it is sad. It just goes to show how large of a gap there is between people in and out of the art world. Stereotypes of the pretentious artist, the starving artist, the conceptual all white painting artist, and the rambling far off pothead artist among many others, attribute to this. Like most stereotypes a small percentage of people soil the image of the large percentage. How can we change our collective image as artists into something more positive? Something that represents the vast creativity, potential, and ability of many artists today.
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Many of my ideas and thoughts as a person revolve around war. Ever since I was a kid I drew battle scenes of all types. Gun fights, sword duels, and epic military clashes. In the past year or so, however, a new branch of thought has arisen. Compassion, love, peace. I have always detested war and the suffering it brings, but I have always known how to depict it. Compassion, love, and peace are things that are artistically unfamiliar to me. The image above was an attempt to create the emotion of exhilarating joy. While there is some of that, also present is a sad nostalgia. How one controls the personality of an image is a skill I wish to develop further.
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