Comments for Samazon! http://skagandwooster.com/sam Samantha Webster's Online Portfolio Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:53:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on A level of professionalism. by Sam http://skagandwooster.com/sam/?p=204&cpage=1#comment-91 Sam Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:53:28 +0000 http://skagandwooster.com/sam/?p=204#comment-91 I think a lot of my viewpoint stems from my time as a UNCC art major. I developed a very, shall we say, selfish attitude with my art. I would listen to what professors would say, but in the end, I made what i wanted. What I saw. What I liked. And there are actually very few pieces that I ended up not happy with. And if I did, I owned up to it. I like for my art, just like my writing, to be a bit open ended, up for interpretation, but I don't feel that knowing more about me as the artist forces a certain meaning or viewpoint. It may give some insight, but perhaps it's because I'm a little nutso and all over the place that I feel like my work can still stand on its own and have multiple meanings. Sometimes I don't even know what I mean...actually...that happens a lot. It's like I get into an artistic blackout and what happens, happens, and I am just left to enjoy the product, with no distinct reason why I felt compelled to do it. I'm not sure if that is a good or bad thing, but I'll take it. I think a lot of my viewpoint stems from my time as a UNCC art major. I developed a very, shall we say, selfish attitude with my art. I would listen to what professors would say, but in the end, I made what i wanted. What I saw. What I liked. And there are actually very few pieces that I ended up not happy with. And if I did, I owned up to it.
I like for my art, just like my writing, to be a bit open ended, up for interpretation, but I don’t feel that knowing more about me as the artist forces a certain meaning or viewpoint. It may give some insight, but perhaps it’s because I’m a little nutso and all over the place that I feel like my work can still stand on its own and have multiple meanings.
Sometimes I don’t even know what I mean…actually…that happens a lot. It’s like I get into an artistic blackout and what happens, happens, and I am just left to enjoy the product, with no distinct reason why I felt compelled to do it. I’m not sure if that is a good or bad thing, but I’ll take it.

]]> Comment on A level of professionalism. by Katie http://skagandwooster.com/sam/?p=204&cpage=1#comment-90 Katie Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:25:01 +0000 http://skagandwooster.com/sam/?p=204#comment-90 I don't want to offend the people who buy pretty jewelry , and sometimes that makes me feel like a hypocrite. A hypocrite who can pay her utility bills, though. So at least I'm warm, clean and well lit while I worry about being a hypocrite. =) "Our personalities are part of what fuels our work, so if we don't feel free to embrace ourselves and share it with the world...." While I think it is good art business, to a point, to share ourselves with the world, I've often wondered if allowing our ourselves-our personalities, our opinions- muddies the process of art becoming art. If a piece must communicate with the viewer and form a relationship with that viewer in order to become art, then is it cheating to inject anything else into that interaction; to offer more information than the piece may offer by itself? Often, once we've heard an artist speak, once we've read about him.....we feel more of a connection with the piece than we did before the artist, as a person, entered into the relationship. Is artist-as-accoutrement-to-his-art right for our art? I know that my work means more to some because it's MY work, and they admire me. As an artist, I'm torn about that. In a perfect world, I feel my work should stand all on its own; it should be just as successful without its ties to Katie Stein. In reality, there are a lot of brilliant artists who never make a mark on the art world because of their failure to promote themselves. If there was a Venn diagram showing the overlap of good business practice, personal authenticity, and the ethics or art in blogging, I wonder if ethics in art would have much space. Hmmmm I don’t want to offend the people who buy pretty jewelry , and sometimes that makes me feel like a hypocrite. A hypocrite who can pay her utility bills, though. So at least I’m warm, clean and well lit while I worry about being a hypocrite. =)

“Our personalities are part of what fuels our work, so if we don’t feel free to embrace ourselves and share it with the world….”

While I think it is good art business, to a point, to share ourselves with the world, I’ve often wondered if allowing our ourselves-our personalities, our opinions- muddies the process of art becoming art.

If a piece must communicate with the viewer and form a relationship with that viewer in order to become art, then is it cheating to inject anything else into that interaction; to offer more information than the piece may offer by itself? Often, once we’ve heard an artist speak, once we’ve read about him…..we feel more of a connection with the piece than we did before the artist, as a person, entered into the relationship. Is artist-as-accoutrement-to-his-art right for our art?

I know that my work means more to some because it’s MY work, and they admire me. As an artist, I’m torn about that. In a perfect world, I feel my work should stand all on its own; it should be just as successful without its ties to Katie Stein. In reality, there are a lot of brilliant artists who never make a mark on the art world because of their failure to promote themselves.

If there was a Venn diagram showing the overlap of good business practice, personal authenticity, and the ethics or art in blogging, I wonder if ethics in art would have much space. Hmmmm

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