Statements...Statements...Context of Contemporary Art

[Artist1]

I'm finishing up my last two statements... Not sure how to answer "How my work fits within the relative place in the history of Contemporary art"? and "how do you see your work and practice within the context of contemporary art?"

List artists that have influenced my work? how it fits with what they are doing? or.....? I'm doing mixed media figurative painting...

Just curious how other people are approaching this?

[zaquon]

I just said "It fits very well, thanks for asking."

Actually, I really mostly talked about the ideas in my work, some of which are built on 1960s pop-art, and some of the theoretical framework of my work. And dropped a couple of names. I think they really just want to know how you work and waht ideas are behind that work. And to be be engaged with contemporary art and that you're building on certain ideas or ways of working.

[Artist1]

I talked about my work, influenced and interests....reference to specific contemporary artists and how they influence my work...but wasn't sure if I should elaborate more about the art movements/contemporary art world....I don't want it to read like a research paper.

I just said "It fits very well, thanks for asking."

Actually, I really mostly talked about the ideas in my work, some of which are built on 1960s pop-art, and some of the theoretical framework of my work. And dropped a couple of names. I think they really just want to know how you work and waht ideas are behind that work. And to be be engaged with contemporary art and that you're building on certain ideas or ways of working.

[zaquon]

I talked about my work, influenced and interests....reference to specific contemporary artists and how they influence my work...but wasn't sure if I should elaborate more about the art movements/contemporary art world....I don't want it to read like a research paper.

Yeh, I kept it just to my work and how it relates. Mine did read like a research paper for about a paragraph, but a research paper about me.

Edited January 11, 2011 by zaquon

[Artist1]

After writing 6 pages of notes and ideas...I was able to come up with one sentence that summed it up and worked with my influences. Yay! All done with my statements

Yeh, I kept it just to my work and how it relates. Mine did read like a research paper for about a paragraph, but a research paper about me.