There seems to be no limit to the supply of fresh faces to paint. This one and another are currently in the biennial Finger Lakes Show at the Memorial Art Gallery. They asked me to record a brief statement about my work and you can hear it by calling 585 627-4132 and then 8 when they ask for the “stop number.” Click the photo above to view the whole piece.
I just listened to it and I can’t believe how dry it sounds. Geez! And I can see myself reading the statement from my notebook. I hate those typewritten artist’s statements and don’t read them unless I’m totally taken by the piece. Somehow I thought these recorded notes would be different and they are but mine doesn’t add much to the work. For kicks you can call back and push random stop numbers for some disjointed artist’s statements.
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Hot button issue for me- I hate artist’s statements. The art is the statement.
Too many artists use these things to show their ‘intellectualism’ chops. I don’t care what drove the artist to create the work. Just what it does for me.
good call Martin reading about how someone is following their muse or has blah blah blah cliche whatever usually kills the enjoyment of the piece and makes me dislike the artist for making me go though the reading process which usually doesn’t clarify anything but tends to muddle up things even more.
Congratulations, Paul. I haven’t seen the show yet, (you know I’m a fan of your crime page stuff), but I have just listened to your artist’s statement and I liked the stiff, obviously read from the page delivery. It sounds like an allocution in a plea bargain!