Example: The
feline aspects in the human psyche,
have adapted over the years to form a world where: I follow the
intrinsic nuance of captivating transmogrified communication, to form
an image I
relate to.
Translation
= I paint my cat and I
do it often; I like cats, but they scare me.
This
is not to say I
am innocent. I too have a tendency to overwrite and explain my work,
in particular my artist statement. In fact, I
am re-writing it at the moment and having a hard time remembering,
what
it was I was thinking about the last time I made a go of it.
I think art in general tends to be taken too seriously and
overworked in words, to the point where no one, but the artist and
possibly the critic who wrote about the work, can comprehend the
magnitude of the ideas behind the aforementioned cat painting. I also
have a slight pet hate with the word utilize, why can't people just
say use? Truly, utilize will not make you sound smarter, it will only
make you sound like a snobby
twat.
However,
I
digress, yes I
do. I went to get a coffee and looked for an artist’s
home phone number, so that a critic could call them to discuss their
work, before making up their own opinion on the work he has only just
viewed.
So
words, meanings and the forever dreaded artist statement. It is a
given, that if you ever wish to apply for an exhibition or an arts
opportunity you must write about you and your work. The odd thing is,
that the chances of actually getting the opportunity you have just
applied
for, grows exponentially depending on how many snobby
art words you have used, not utilized. This, I
have a problem with mainly because it excludes artists who do not
wish to make their work sound like a freak show. Instead of a bearded
lady, one finds a beard that not only proves the existence
of god, but implies a postmodernist view on evolution. Perhaps the
artist said that I
cut off my beard the same way I
peel an apple, maybe that should have been good enough and the
reader, viewer, arts application reader, could make up their own mind
by using some of their own creative vision to fill in the blanks.
So
maybe this is the point I
have been trying to get to. My issue is not with words, I love words.
My issue is with the whoring of words to explain why your
metaphorical legs were open for business when you decided to create a
new piece of work. Why can't we act as
we do with sex, that creating art is a natural process - something to
enjoy and something best left unexplained to strangers with fancy
words.
Then
again what do I know, my artist statements has had the words,
interdisciplinary, controlled spontaneity and meditative process in
it for years.
