When I first got into some art shows and was asked for an artist statement, I often spent a lot of time at the word processor — refining and tweaking and trying to cram as many power-packed poetic words into the space allowed. Type…..check the word count…..retype……check the word count.
Now after a year of using Twitter (only 140 characters, not words allowed!), or maybe because I’ve decided I’d like to leave some mystery for the viewer, my statements are getting much shorter than the space allowed.
In fact, my statement for Quilt National 2009 was only one sentence long. I’d actually forgotten I’d said it because it’s so core to what I believe that it seems apparent, but was pleased to see it in print. And it also ended up on the back cover of the book. Sometimes I guess, less is more.
In case you can’t read my quote in the photo, it says, “I believe the true power of art is the ability to transport us to new or unexpected places.”
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WELL SAID!!!!
brilliant!!!
Short, sweet and yet so very profound. I’m still amazed at the places I drift off to when I’m creating but I never put it into words like you have. Way to go!
Love your “no BS” approach! And it’s something my gray matter may be able to remember!
Yup.
missed you at the opening…. did you make the rest of the weekend?
Hi Judy, No, I didn’t make it to QN opening this year. I was looking through my photos from two years ago and saw your smiling face at the picnic. Sorry I didn’t get to see you again this year.
Very well said. The picture fits your statement perfectly too.
ahhhhhhh, you’re just too darned cute! and succinct!
xo
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