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one more voice in the wilderness
"Raving Artist" might be a misleading title. Yes I usually rave, and yes, I am more of an artist than not, depending on the definition of the word. But most of the stuff I write here is not about art. In the end, this is just one more blog about nothing in particular by nobody in particular. I write because I like to do it; or more specifically, because "vira e mexe" ("every now and then", but more like "every now") something tweaks me and compels me to do it. I find that this is as good a place as any in which to dump my thoughts; and moreover, I am always pleasantly surprised when someone actually reads it. ...That being said, I do feel guilty about the ridiculously enormous amounts of energy it takes to run the servers that power our contemporary living.... oh well, outasite outamind...
There was a show at Winthrop not too long ago, and one display was a ton of small abstract drawings, and then there was a paper labeled "artist statement" but besides that it didn't have any other legible words. It was just squiggly lines that looked like words. I really liked that, cause some people can sound so annoying when they actually write them. I know that's different from art criticism, but this post made me think of it.
ReplyDeleteHey, that does sound like fun- I hate writing artist statements myself. I don't even remember what I was reading, but it seemed so disconnected from what the art it was about seemed capable of doing, and from what I know, as an artist, an artist goes through before putting something out... ...and I don't even remember what word I used to obliterate the word "art", though in looking at it, I guess it was "obliterate"... my mind is like an old horse, always taking the same path to water....
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