I guess I am wondering how artists rise to the top today? How does someone do something so new and provocative to gain the attention of their peers and critics that now seem to be endless? I feel we already went through the minimal, unassuming 'unmonumental' phase. What else is really left? Or does everyone make what they want to make and hope for the best?
If our network constantly keeps shifting, and with so many people (critics, gallery owners, yada yada yada) trying to decide what is 'in', do we as artists just embrace the fluidity and abandon the idea of stability, or at least something stable enough to disagree with?
We need to make the work that we are obsessively compelled to make. Eventually we will find the audience that responds to that work. That audience might be 5 people or 50,000. Not sure what an artist can do beyond that or if they should try to do anything beyond that even.
ReplyDeleteI don't think going against anything will help us get noticed since society is more fluid. I think honesty is what can connect us. This touches on what Carson said. It's difficult, but if we can be true to what we want to create, people will respond to that truth. Since we are created by a culture that is progressively more connected, it will be easier to relate to each other since we are essentially becoming more and more the same person.
ReplyDeleteUrg, I just noticed that my display name says crimsonfuture. (Don't ask, it's highly embarrassing.) This is Robin in case you don't know.
ReplyDeleteuht-oh someone is getting a new nickname!
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