Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My "Artist's Statement" is a statement against artists' statements! http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/index#!/p/artists-statement My favorite quote about this is from Calvin and Hobbes: "People always make the mistake of thinking art is created for them. But really, art is a private language for sophisticates to congratulate themselves on their superiority to the rest of the world. As my artist?s statement explains, my work is utterly incomprehensible and is therefore full of deep significance." Tina On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 7:48 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Bob, do you not realise that six months of any fine arts degree in any > university specifically focuses on ways of portentously mangling the > English > language in new ways to describe an artist's work. > > Part of that period is devoted to muscular flexibility, specifically > honing the skill that manifests itself in the uncanny ability to stick > one's head up one's own arse and declaim fictions flecked with faeces with > a straight, and, indeed, even haughty face. > > In the bios, I particulurly enjoyed "His camera freezes the flow of > everyday life and the movement of people" as this represents that other > skill of the curator - the one that takes a banal, basic, and bleedin' > obvious fact and imbues the sentence that contains it with a faux > reverence. > > Douglas > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Baron" <robertbaron1 at > gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 1:06 AM > Subject: [Leica] Another OKCLUG Field Trip > > > > Yesterday the officers and members of the OKCLUG went to an exhibit of >> pieces from the Bank of America photograph collection on display at the >> Oklahoma Contemporary Art Foundation ( >> http://oklahomacontemporary.org/exhibits/current-exhibits/shared-space/) >> at >> the State Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City. It was, ahem, educational, >> particularly the Artist Statements. >> >> The Artist Bios are at >> >> http://oklahomacontemporary.org/exhibits/current-exhibits/shared-space/shared-space-artist-bios/ >> >> >> I took this photograph of co-president Ken Carney looking at the only two >> 'silver gelatin' prints on display: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bob+Baron/W_L4001387c1KenLooks.jpg.html >> >> We did take some interesting shots of the parking lot but they'll have to >> wait to be posted later. >> >> --Bob >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://t.sidekickopen27.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XYgfmKYPW4WzBHl3Mx_9dW3LqWkM56dQ1Jf7P8b5b02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftina-manley.artistwebsites.com%2F&si=6038418186567680&pi=f077d552-2acb-495d-a8ed-ba17d2445f3b> www.tinamanley.com http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/