Rough Around the Edges
Added 2019-11-07 17:02:37 +0000 UTCThinking back when I was sitting in a darkened auditorium in the Art building at the University of Northern Iowa, looking up at the large slides being projected onto the front screen, it seemed like everyone else would have rather been anywhere else but there. Art History gets a boring rap, and folks get hung up on the memorization of names and dates, and how stuffy it all seems.
I've always been a fan of seeing the process of any creative type's work and I just get lost in it. While Art History may not be the same as a behind the scenes video about the special effects involved in a cool film with great visuals, there's still that connection to another human who created the work.
I feel funny about sharing my own in process stuff as I feel that no one is really interested. And even when I was once convinced to put some sketches up on eBay, I got a handful of messages asking me why I was expecting people to pay me good money for stuff I'd otherwise throw away. Needless to say, that made me withdraw further into myself.
I have to remind myself how much I enjoy seeing behind the scenes, and convince myself that a few folks may feel the same way about my stuff.
Comments
I'm ALL about the art and process that goes into it. The finished artwork is like a grand location on a map, but the process is a journey of discovery filled with little stories where you get lost, turn around, take some shortcuts, and ultimately find a destination you didn't quite know was there until you arrive at it. What's more is that you can watch multiple artists all take the same journey but their progress will advance in completely different ways according to their various strengths and experiences. Not everyone can appreciate seeing such windows into creativity but man, for those who do this is treasure.
Brian Reynolds
2022-12-29 01:05:45 +0000 UTCIt's the main draw for me, when I view group showings of local artists. I've been following one local artist for about ten years now, buying a piece every few years. Definitely worth the effort to follow their progress, as their style changes and they move on to using different mediums. Sad to say, their work is out of my price range now. (I'm a poorly paid artist myself.) But we still chat when I see them at shows.
Bert van Aalsburg
2019-11-22 03:47:24 +0000 UTC
