Without any
credibility as an artist I’ll try and muster up an artist statement, if you'd
call it one. Although I haven't made anything in my life called art, if I did
I'd want it to fit a certain criteria. The most important aspect of art, should
be to take people out of their comfort zone. If it's not making anybody
uncomfortable, it's not doing a great job. I believe art should rattle and
break down barriers like the many greats of the past.
If Lenny Bruce didn't perform in clubs and dare to spew profanity laced jokes, breaking every censorship code, who knows where comedy would be today. If Bob Dylan didn't put an ideology of protest to his music, something that had never been done before, who knows if there ever would have been a counter culture. The point is that art needs to excite, and engage the viewers’ mind in a way they never have before. Along with excitement, I believe art needs to force the viewer to look for what's not being shown and why. Art must force the viewer to read between the lines of what's shown to them, or told to them. As an aspiring artist, I believe it is crucial to keep reinventing and transforming, yourself as an individual as well as your work. An artist’s worst enemy is stagnation, as I believe it is change, and transformation that is key to longevity, and creativity.
If Lenny Bruce didn't perform in clubs and dare to spew profanity laced jokes, breaking every censorship code, who knows where comedy would be today. If Bob Dylan didn't put an ideology of protest to his music, something that had never been done before, who knows if there ever would have been a counter culture. The point is that art needs to excite, and engage the viewers’ mind in a way they never have before. Along with excitement, I believe art needs to force the viewer to look for what's not being shown and why. Art must force the viewer to read between the lines of what's shown to them, or told to them. As an aspiring artist, I believe it is crucial to keep reinventing and transforming, yourself as an individual as well as your work. An artist’s worst enemy is stagnation, as I believe it is change, and transformation that is key to longevity, and creativity.
