"Ukeles is, in some ways, an artist who is diametrically opposed to Beuys in character and philosophy, and yet someone who, in my view, was able to create a body of work that truly recognized the value of the individual without placing it in a contrived aesthetic or spiritual shrine." This wonderful sentence encapsulates my personal and professional journey. As to create against the prevailing grain of pervasive art apparatus tastes, values, and aesthetics is to journey in a deep dark forest with the light of a candle. The potential is full of wonder, possibilities, and plenty of pitfalls. Not for the faint of heart.
Analogous to this convo on democratization of art, I’d love to hear your thoughts on AI generated art: it’s “threat” to creative commercial jobs, it’s “aim” to heal public “creative constipation” so everyone can “poop rainbows” now, and where you seeing this affecting the institutional response some day. I’m and arts professor and commercial artist; this sums up how I feel so far: As a conceptual artist, [Ann Ridler] is well aware of AI’s shortcomings. “AI can’t handle concepts: collapsing moments in time, memory, thoughts, emotions – all of that is a real human skill, that makes a piece of art rather than something that visually looks pretty.” Here’s the Guardian article for reference: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/12/when-ai-can-make-art-what-does-it-mean-for-creativity-dall-e-midjourney
"Ukeles is, in some ways, an artist who is diametrically opposed to Beuys in character and philosophy, and yet someone who, in my view, was able to create a body of work that truly recognized the value of the individual without placing it in a contrived aesthetic or spiritual shrine." This wonderful sentence encapsulates my personal and professional journey. As to create against the prevailing grain of pervasive art apparatus tastes, values, and aesthetics is to journey in a deep dark forest with the light of a candle. The potential is full of wonder, possibilities, and plenty of pitfalls. Not for the faint of heart.
Analogous to this convo on democratization of art, I’d love to hear your thoughts on AI generated art: it’s “threat” to creative commercial jobs, it’s “aim” to heal public “creative constipation” so everyone can “poop rainbows” now, and where you seeing this affecting the institutional response some day. I’m and arts professor and commercial artist; this sums up how I feel so far: As a conceptual artist, [Ann Ridler] is well aware of AI’s shortcomings. “AI can’t handle concepts: collapsing moments in time, memory, thoughts, emotions – all of that is a real human skill, that makes a piece of art rather than something that visually looks pretty.” Here’s the Guardian article for reference: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/12/when-ai-can-make-art-what-does-it-mean-for-creativity-dall-e-midjourney