An artist should have more and more of less and less
following the ‘radar thing’ the other day, my inbox has been flooded.
It appears that a large portion of my new followers are young aspiring artists who have lots of questions about art schools and careers for the visual artist—
this info graphic / poster put out a few years ago by Ringling school of Art + Design is a great list of possible art careers (good for you, great for parents)
YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY CLICK TO ENLARGE THIS IMAGE, I made it super hi-res
note: I do make every effort to answer all messages however I rarely don’t respond publicly (sorry to disappoint)
awesome list of google predictive search, as it applies to contemporary artists
compiled by Hyperallergic
Behind an elegant door on a posh street in London, Damien Hirst, one of the world’s greatest artists, sits surrounded by treasures: an Andy Warhol “Electric Chair” is propped on a shelf; a major Francis Bacon hangs over the room’s mantel; a piece by Jeff Koons sits nearby. That’s as it should be—Hirst is filthy rich and those are his heroes—but what comes as a surprise is all that you expect him to do that he doesn’t: he doesn’t whip out his “willy”; he doesn’t fart or swear (the F word slips out four times, but in Leeds, where he’s from, a vicar would curse more); he doesn’t head-butt me, not even once. Yes, Hirst is dressed all in black and has skull rings on his fingers, but in London that’s the uniform of record producers and restaurateurs. The lout the British tabloids once followed so closely—the “yob” that Hirst says he made sure to be—seems to have disappeared.
Under Pressure
Julie Parker 2009
via: julieparkerartist
RULE ONE: Find a place you trust, and then try trusting it for awhile.
RULE TWO: General duties of a student - pull everything out of your teacher; pull everything out of your fellow students.
RULE THREE: General duties of a teacher - pull everything out of your students.
RULE FOUR: Consider everything an experiment.
RULE FIVE: be self-disciplined - this means finding someone wise or smart and choosing to follow them. To be disciplined is to follow in a good way.
To be self-disciplined is to follow in a better way.
RULE SIX: Nothing is a mistake. There’s no win and no fail, there’s only make.
RULE SEVEN: The only rule is work. If you work it will lead to something. It’s the people who do all of the work all of the time who eventually catch on to things.
RULE EIGHT: Don’t try to create and analyze at the same time. They’re different processes.
RULE NINE: Be happy whenever you can manage it. Enjoy yourself. It’s lighter than you think.
RULE TEN: “We’re breaking all the rules. Even our own rules. And how do we do that? By leaving plenty of room for X quantities.” (John Cage)
HINTS: Always be around. Come or go to everything. Always go to classes. Read anything you can get your hands on. Look at movies carefully, often. Save everything - it might come in handy later.
Bridget Riley
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