http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mACs3D1rMJk&feature=related
Communicative purpose:
discourse strategies:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HlMATZOMv_IUZLFHIsjIkX65Jso20JOqdJrd9sWJ6DQ/edit?usp=sharing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/majasavic/5619671565/
http://www.wesleyfleming.com/about.htm
http://vimeo.com/10369690
Communicative purpose:
- the self-assertion of the artist's personal aesthetics/philosophy underlying his/her work in general, or a particular work/exhibition
- stating the reasons for creating one work or the other, themes, identifying oneself with a style
- describing own techniques and giving reasons for own choices
- sharing all the necessary information in order to be better understood by the public
- advertising oneself
- arousing reader's interest and curiosity
- a marketing material on cards, flyers, mailers, posters
- accompanying slides, photos sent to different art curators, art dealers, etc, in order to get promoted or bought by them; participating in international art contests; applying for international creation grants
- quotations in art reviews, in different articles (to illustrate/support the critic's analyses, interpretations and evaluations), in art history texts (as a research source)
move-pattern:
Move I. Personal philosophy/ies and aesthetics
Step 1. Art philosophies and/or aesthetics the artist rely on; general ideas guiding the creation; perspective on art
Step 2. General themes, sources
Move 2. Personal style and techniques
Step 1. Defining personal style
Step 2. Describing the favored techniques
Step 3. Suggesting originality
Move 3. Commenting on current exhibition/work
Step 1. Stating the general idea (or the specific one), sources of inspiration
Step 2. Describing the process of creation
Step 3. Suggesting the meanings of the exhibition and/or the work (details, explaining metaphors, signs, symbols
- a very subjective genre, hence the use of the first person personal pronoun "I"
- a type of 'confession'
- using catchy words and expressions to attract reader's attention
- avoiding prescribing a certain reading of own work while still offering some guidelines
- implicating reader (suggesting a kind of conversation)
- avoiding obscurity (weighing the amount of the necessary"artspeak")
- writing with the audience in mind (who do you address to? is it a professional public or a general public?)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HlMATZOMv_IUZLFHIsjIkX65Jso20JOqdJrd9sWJ6DQ/edit?usp=sharing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/majasavic/5619671565/
http://www.wesleyfleming.com/about.htm
http://vimeo.com/10369690
watch?v=7CFQY0Yf1iI&feature=fvwrel
TASK 2: Read through this article; the author seems to disagree with writing artist's statements by mentioning some dangers of writing them inappropriately; he expresses a personal opinion as to who should write the artist's statement. What do you think? Should it be the artist himself/herself to write the artist's statement, or should someone else write this text on his/her behalf ? Give reasons.
TASK 2: Read through this article; the author seems to disagree with writing artist's statements by mentioning some dangers of writing them inappropriately; he expresses a personal opinion as to who should write the artist's statement. What do you think? Should it be the artist himself/herself to write the artist's statement, or should someone else write this text on his/her behalf ? Give reasons.
3http://hyperallergic.com/69378/in-defense-of-the-artist-statement/
TASK 3: What would you say about yourself and your art in your statement?
DEADLINE: May 3, 2020
TASK 3: What would you say about yourself and your art in your statement?
The artist’s statements are sometimes supposed to accompany the artist’s résumés; therefore, the specific information provided in the latter should be avoided in the former unless that is relevant for the works. The résumé is a rather official document, a personal marketing tool through which the artist establishes credibility when approaching a gallery or any other institution. It offers more precise information about the artist: a short biography, education, experience in the field, recognition, all presented simply and neatly. It is not a full text, the information being supplied as a kind of titles and being organized as a list, with the following headers:
The name à educationà previous experience (e.g. apprenticeships, scholarships, creative camps) à awards à exhibitions (solo, or group, the city and country) à recognition (newspaper articles, interviews, TV or radio appearances à representation (if the artist is represented by a gallery) à commissioned works (in private or museum collections)
TASK 4: write your own résumé. Below some web examples:
The two genres are meant to offer a clear image of the artist, in relation to both the general audience (especially the first) and specialized audiences (both)
DEADLINE: May 3, 2020
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