“To me I think artists in general make a statement - and for the rest of their lives - every album, every book - are variations on a theme.” ThinkingBookArtistAlbumsStatementsThemeVariation Author:Mark Mothersbaugh
“When art seems to be empty of meaning, as no doubt some of the abstract painting of our own day actually does seem, what the painting says, indeed what the artist is shrieking at the top of his voice, is that life has become empty of all rational content and coherence, and that, in times like these, is far from a meaningless statement.” DoeArtSeemsArtistVoiceDoubtPaintingEmptyStatementsRationalAbstractNo DoubtMeaninglessCoherenceAbstract PaintingTimes Like These Book:Art and Technics Source: Art and Technics
“Artspeak is an arcane writing style that can result in a vocabulary of obscurities... Today, some of the more spectacular examples are in artist's statements.” WritingTodayArtistResultsStyleExampleStatementsVocabularySpectacularObscurityWriting StyleArcane Author:Robert Genn
“There is no communication with any public whatsoever. The artist can ask no question, and he makes no statement; he offers no information, and his work cannot be used. It is the end product which counts.” EndsUsedArtistAsksInformationProductsCommunicationOffersStatementsNo Communication Book:Baselitz, paintings 1960-83 Source: Baselitz, paintings 1960-83
“All serious art, music, literature is a critical act. It is so, firstly, in the sense of Matthew Arnold's phrase: "a criticism of life." Be it realistic, fantastic, Utopian or satiric, the construct of the artist is a counter-statement to the world.” WorldArtLife IsArtistLiteratureSeriousCriticismCriticalStatementsFantasticPhrasesRealisticConstructsUtopianMatthewArt Music Book:Real Presences: Is There Anything in What We Say? Source: Real Presences: Is There Anything in What We Say?