My Artist Statement

Before I looked into and researched for other artist statements I think I already had quite a good idea of what should be included in one. It has helped me reading other artist statements as I have viewed a range of good ones and bad ones and it has been good to see this. I feel I have everything I need within my artist statement including my background and how I got into what I do, what I do and how I do it. I don’t really think the length of the artist statement depicts if it is good or not just as long as it includes these things I have just stated because most of the artist statements I have read have been quite short only being a few hundred words apart from two.

Wobbe F. Konig – Video Artist

The final artist statement I came across was by a video artist called Wobbe F. Konig, with the explanation of some of the work he has produced it sounds quite similar to what I have done. This is the longest artist statement I have read being about 600 words and I think it is quite good. It is very detailed and explains everything that I think people would want to know about the work he produces. His statement explains what field within the art area he works in, what work he produces and how his work has evovled over time, the process of his work and what he is working on now. The only thing that I think is missing from this artist’s statement is a little introduction of his background and how he got into what he does.

Bibliography:

1. Wobbe F. Konig – Artists Statement, (2006) available at:
http://www.ideepix.nl/wobbe/index.php?show=statement
(accessed: Saturday 3rd March 2007)

Isis Rodriguez – Cartoon Artist

I have found an artist statement by a cartoon artist called Isis Rodriguez, again like most of the other artist statements I have seen it is quite short being only about 250 words. Although it is quite short it I think it quite good and includes a fair bit of information, I think it could maybe be made better by a little bit more description and detail though. The artist starts off explaining about her background and influences and how she got into being a cartoon artist, what her work is about and how she produces her work. This seems to be the basic layout for a few of the artist statements I have read and I think it is what the statement should include and in this order and this is what I want for my finished artist statement. I want for people reading my artist statement to know my background and how I got into what I do, what I do and how do it.

Bibliography:

1. Isis Roriguez – Artist’s Statement, (2006), available at:
http://www.isisrodriguez.com/statement.htm
(accessed: Saturday 3rd March 2007)

Janine Dupont dit Diponis – Visual Artist

The next artist statement I found was by a visual artist called Janine Dupont dit Diponis. Its is quite long compared the other artist statements I have come across and is nearly 600 words. The artist starts her statement off with an explanation of how she got into painting and deeply expresses her passion for what she does, she then follows this up with her background and the artists whp have influenced her work. The next part of her statement explains what she wants to achieve with her work and also the production of her paintings. I think this artist statement is very good, it is very detailed and I think includes nearly everything that is needed within it.

Bibliography:

1. Janine Dupont dit Diponis – Artist Statement, (2004), available at:
http://www.janinedupont.com/art_statement/index_e.html
(accessed: Saturday 3rd March 2007)

Lyle Carbajal – Painter

I didn’t just want to look up artist statements from video artists as this is what I produce, I also wanted to view other artist’s statements that are involved within other areas of art and see if they have the same sort of approach. I came across a painter called Lyle Carbajal whos artist statement explains what his work is about and involves, I think it is quite a detailed short piece and is quite good. However, before reading his artist statement I read his biographical information which I think would work well as being part of his artist statement as it explains hist background and influences and I think this would work well as being the first part and introduction within his artist statement.

Bibliography:

1. Artquotes.net – Lyle Carbajal, (2007), available at:
http://www.artquotes.net/artists/carbajal/artist-statement.htm
(accessed: Saturday 3rd March 2007)

Rohesia Hamilton Metcalfe Artist Statement

The artist statement I found for a video artist called Rohesia Hamilton Metcalfe is quite an interesting piece, it is still quite short being only about 200 words but I think it describes and explains quite a lot about her work. Her statement starts out with what she likes about the work she is involved in, the content of her work and what she aims to do within her work and also what she would like the viewer the get from her work. Overall I think this artist’s statement is quite good and is better than others that I have viewed so far.

Bibliography:

1. Rohesia Hamilton Metcalfe – Artist Statement, (2006), available at:
http://www.panix.com/~hamiltro/biography/statement.shtml
(accessed: Saturday 3rd March 2007)

Alexandra Juhasz – Video Artist

The artist statement I came across for Alexandra Juhasz wasn’t quite what I saw as an artist statement. I see an artist statement as explaining what you do and why in order to promote yourself and your work well. However, Alexandra’s statement was really just explaining about one piece of work he has produced and how and why. It is quite an in depth statement about his work but I don’t really think it is an artist statement as such, more a statement and explanation of a piece of work.

Bibliography:

1. Alexandra Juhasz – Video Remains, (2005), available at:
http://pzacad.pitzer.edu/~ajuhasz/video_remains/cast_crew_statement.html
(accessed: Saturday 3rd March 2007)

Sim Sadler – Video Artist

When I first started to search for artist statements I was searching for specific artists and their statements, however I didn’t find many to have one. So I then did a general search on the Internet for video artists artist statements which brought me statements to view and help me with my own. The first one I came across was for a video artist called Sim Sadler, I read through his biography and viewed some of his work to see what he did and then read his artist statement. His artist statement is quite short, only being about 120 words and explains what work he produces, what his videos involve and what they are about. It is quite a short artist statement and I think it needs a bit more explanantion about how he got into it and about his enjoyment and passion for it maybe and I don’t personally feel this is a complete and finished statement, but I think waht he has written about his work is good.

Bibliography:

1. Sim Sadler – Artist Statement, (2006), available at:
http://www.simsadler.net/ArtState.html
(accessed: Saturday 3rd March 2007)

Artist Statement Web Sites

I had a look at two of the web sites the other day that are listed in the module study guide to help with writing our artist statements. The first one I looked at (http://www.artist-statement.com/) wasn’t really very good because it was run by a woman who is trying to sell her book of how to write an artist statment and is also trying to get you to employ her to write one for you, so I didn’t find this site very helpful.

The second site I looked at ‘How to Write and Use an Artist’s Statment’ (http://www.mollygordon.com/resources/marketingresources/artstatemt/) I found to be very helpful. It provides quite a simple and I think effective way of helping people to write their first artist’s statement with a step by step guide. It takes you through what you need to think about, your work and how you feel about it and basically what you need to include in your artist statement. It then takes you on to explain that you need three paragraphs and what you need to include in them. I think this site is really quite useful for someone who has not written an artist statement before and I like the process it takes you through but I will probably not use this method and will probably find it more useful to view other artist’s statements in the related field.

Bibliography:

1. Artist-Statement.Com, (2006), available at:
http://www.artist-statement.com/
(accessed: Thursday 15th February 2007)

2. How to Write and Use and Artist’s Statement, (2006), available at:
http://www.mollygordon.com/resources/marketingresources/artstatemt/index.html
(accessed: Thursday 15th February 2007)