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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2015 5:05:08 GMT
I have been creating works of art for years. I have shared maybe 10 percent of what I've done. At first, the reason for this was simple: I wasn't interested in sharing. Then, for a brief moment, I decided I would share some. Quickly, I realized that wasn't what I wanted to do. I don't want to share my art on the internets. I want my work to be seen in person. The nature of my work demands it. So much of what makes my art art is lost in pictures. Now, my objective is to complete a body of work for myself. To practice, experiment, build an inventory, so to speak, a gallery of my own work, on the walls of my home. Perhaps one day I will put on a DIY exhibition of my work, offering pieces for sale at unreasonable prices. But I have no plans to do this in the near future.
Am I the only one like this?
These days it feels like our little hobby has become a lot like the music industry. By that I mean SINGLES, over full ALBUMS, are the taste of the day. So many (not all!) artists are creating one thing at a time. Printing and then selling them. A few months later, the cycle repeats. It's not a bad thing, it's just not for me.
I am looking at creating a full album. Shit, maybe even a double album. Maybe a box set, before I "go public."
Summer time people. Teachers like me have lots of time to play, think and create.
Love this community.
Flame me. Agree or disagree. Let's here your thought on building a body of work.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2015 11:12:36 GMT
If you can produce your art for yourself or others and not have to bother about the money. Then your right that is definitely the way to go. That way you choose the content direction etc show or not too show. Money and earning money from art is both great for the artist but also dangerous as it can affect the content.
But I think if you would like to you should show your work it does not necessarily have to be in a sales based format which sadly many artists aspire to mind often because they have to. But do continue and build your work because it has not been traded etc does not make it less than if it had been.
I personally think it's nice that you can differentiate your work and your art. This I think keeps it pure which is ideally what it should be.......
..........ha ha in my daft view anyway. Just read and wrote no offense etc meant to artists etc
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Post by sɐǝpı ɟo uoıʇɐɹǝpǝɟ on Jun 4, 2015 22:32:16 GMT
I think it depends on the situation. Some people, especially when they're starting out, can benefit greatly from showing their work to others for tips, suggestions, critique etc. but if an artist is hoping to make a buck, they should be able to justify charging a premium by having a solid body of work to back it up.
As an example, someone close to me just had her life archives purchased by a major university - clearly she has a solid body of work collected, most of it never seen before, and was able to present it at a whole. But when she was younger, I'm sure she had writings published just for peers to review, to get her name out, and simply to pay some bills
It's great for some people to work in private and build up a large body of work before exhibiting it, but at the same time, how do you know if it's any good if no one else sees/hears it? I think it depends on what you're doing and what you're trying to accomplish
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2015 0:18:59 GMT
Good points Fed.
Thankfully, the need to make money isn't attached to my art.
If you were to look at the art I've created over the past ten years, you probably wouldn't think it was by the same artist. I like that. I like looking at the variety of things I've tried. If it's any good or not, who knows. People that have seen my work praise it, which feels good, but it isn't that important in the long run. Had I started trying to sell my first pieces, and succeeded, I imagine I would have fallen into the "sell what's familiar, what works" trap. Had I failed, I imagine I would have been discouraged from continuing. Or maybe I would have attempted to create something that did sell. That would probably mean looking at existing successful artists and mimicking or riffing on their ideas. That seems to be very popular these days too.
Because for the most part I have kept my work to myself, there is a freedom in the creation of it. The older I get (I'm 39) the more the process of creating art means to me. Inventory is becoming a problem for me though. LOL
Hope this makes sense.
I am constantly blown away by the work of Chloe Early, for example. Her shows are few and far between, but when she has one, it's like "wow!" Her work has evolved so beautifully and I am anxious to see how motherhood has affected her art. If I was hit every month or so by a print release of hers, I don't know if I would feel the same way. It's almost tantric, if I can say that. The delightful anticipation of something new, something special, something pleasurable. In a nut, that is ultimately what I am trying to say by building a body of work.
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