During this workshop we were given some pointers on how to create a flawless artists statement. The pointers we were given were to be used as the base of our statement – to get our ball rolling. After much debating with myself over which point to write from I finally settled on writing from a Digital Artist’s perspective. I think it was simply because I felt more comfortable from this point and also more at home when writing from this perspective. From the advice that was given to us I have begun to tailor it to me my own perspective. I have already formulated my first paragraph but am finding it difficult to move on.
The body of the second paragraph which I have written does not have the same rhythm as I would like it to have. It doesn’t seem to flow in from the first paragraph and actually seems a bit outlandish from what the vision which I have it to be. In order to counter this I took advice from the Module Study Guide and wrote an artist statement about another inspiring artist – Banksy. This helped a little, but I need more inspiration. So I went in search online to see if I could find some artist statements of any famous artists which may give me some insight as to how they structured theirs and what topics they discussed.
The body of the second paragraph which I have written does not have the same rhythm as I would like it to have. It doesn’t seem to flow in from the first paragraph and actually seems a bit outlandish from what the vision which I have it to be. In order to counter this I took advice from the Module Study Guide and wrote an artist statement about another inspiring artist – Banksy. This helped a little, but I need more inspiration. So I went in search online to see if I could find some artist statements of any famous artists which may give me some insight as to how they structured theirs and what topics they discussed.
"These images are meant as metaphors to the dilemma of our modern existence; they search for a dialogue between attraction and repulsion, seduction and fear. "
From the above extract by Edward Burtynsky we can see that statements do not have to be written totally based on ourselves but can also be aimed at one of our pieces of works. Although these type of statements are usually shorter they are more complicated to put together because they have to impact the reader within the first five seconds of them reading it, else they would soon lose interest and most likely not finish the statement.
In the workshop this week we were all introduced to a game where each student was required to list good and bad traits about themselves. Many listed qualities which reflected on what kind of personality they had, this gave the impression that they were applying for an interview of some sort. We were prompted that this was not the most efficient method in completing the task and that in order to carry it out the most efficient way required us to see ourselves as young establishing artists preparing a biography.
I think some of the words which I listed for myself in this session helped write some more of my artist’s statement.
Bibliography
1. Edward Burtynsky
http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/Sections/Statement_CV/Statement.htm
2. Silver Lake Operations #1, Lake Lefroy, Western Australia 2007
http://www.flowerseast.com/Originals_Exhibitions_Large.asp?Exhibition=09BURTYNSK&OL=5
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