tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post5245000558120912111..comments2024-03-18T07:23:32.809-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Artist’s Statement GeneratorJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-23189090210570472982011-09-28T04:49:50.232-04:002011-09-28T04:49:50.232-04:00Brilliant, thank you so much for this very useful ...Brilliant, thank you so much for this very useful thing.Floweryapronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17523364863898784946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-27066274070545229712010-03-03T18:00:17.020-05:002010-03-03T18:00:17.020-05:00Thats interesting:D I hope i could use it someday....Thats interesting:D I hope i could use it someday.<br />It reminds me of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6NU5K3k8Xo<br />art gallery in subway :Dprrrszalonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00708360358616108871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-58832428494016573132010-01-17T18:40:12.459-05:002010-01-17T18:40:12.459-05:00this is great!this is great!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-79277083086208598782009-12-30T17:27:39.582-05:002009-12-30T17:27:39.582-05:00Haha spectacular. I've got to find an opportun...Haha spectacular. I've got to find an opportunity to use this.Daniel Silberberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08685707813625269747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-94111694025698332009-12-22T14:28:46.848-05:002009-12-22T14:28:46.848-05:00I'm actually tempted to use this...now off to ...I'm actually tempted to use this...now off to read more Joseph Campbell books in an effort to cobble together something in my own words.kaslkaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04041865957191874234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-67212331931690205852009-12-09T12:37:32.106-05:002009-12-09T12:37:32.106-05:00haha! that is great!haha! that is great!Shane Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01682651884946902679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-907920374285300352009-12-06T16:28:39.407-05:002009-12-06T16:28:39.407-05:00Just loved this. I so often come across just this ...Just loved this. I so often come across just this sort of verbiage from artists who take themselves far too seriously and whose use of the English language is limited to using a mass of words where simplicity often gets the point across.<br />I must use this as a cv at some point and so perhaps get taken more seriously :)Corrie Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01641335581743715274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-26363213709303749452009-12-05T14:10:39.859-05:002009-12-05T14:10:39.859-05:00A very well known Japanese artist hates writing ar...A very well known Japanese artist hates writing artist statements so much, she tends to suddenly "forget" how to speak or write English every time she has a show in the States, and requests the curator write for her. She then enjoys a good hearty laugh at the result. It's an inside joke that is made even funnier at the fact that no one in the museum/gallery industry is aware she finds the whole thing hysterically funny in it's pretentiousness.Julie Barohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12095029347216065890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-80469200083112453192009-12-04T16:42:54.430-05:002009-12-04T16:42:54.430-05:00Works like a charm: http://www.flickr.com/photos/e...Works like a charm: http://www.flickr.com/photos/escordeiro/4157162541/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18363371609610808642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-49194112957002679412009-12-03T12:07:31.917-05:002009-12-03T12:07:31.917-05:00Hilarious and so true!! Reminds me of the ludicrou...Hilarious and so true!! Reminds me of the ludicrous requirement to pass an "oral" exam (weighted more than artwork itself) to graduate college as a Master of "visual" art! If you could impress the professors with outlandish explanations, you earned the right to be called a good artist...if not a used car salesman.Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871836241501704545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-11069128699416534282009-12-02T19:51:47.520-05:002009-12-02T19:51:47.520-05:00Hahahaha... thanks..... exactly!!!Hahahaha... thanks..... exactly!!!Gwen Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-39669599131737413482009-12-02T16:59:18.478-05:002009-12-02T16:59:18.478-05:00Absolutely brilliant. Made my day!Absolutely brilliant. Made my day!Tracy Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618327920955524004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-49790875121056900892009-12-02T12:16:36.670-05:002009-12-02T12:16:36.670-05:00Don't forget to tack 'thus resolving a suc...Don't forget to tack 'thus resolving a succinct and coherent commentary of the post-modern human condition' on the end of your artist statements for extra pretentiousness.Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00527084629284108493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-48016316080718702932009-12-02T05:36:45.633-05:002009-12-02T05:36:45.633-05:00Wonderful! This is so funny and soooooooooooo nee...Wonderful! This is so funny and soooooooooooo needed to be said out loud!<br /><br />I've just highlighted this post on Twitter and in my resource about <a href="" rel="nofollow">How to write an Artist's Statement</a> with the suggestion that it's absolutely essential reading anytime an artist feels tempted to "obfuscate"!Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-47506268035896834712009-12-02T05:23:26.120-05:002009-12-02T05:23:26.120-05:00Why can't we get away with: "This piece s...Why can't we get away with: "This piece speaks for itself"?Johanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02417615368000033233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-1583510553275310262009-12-02T04:02:55.073-05:002009-12-02T04:02:55.073-05:00Good stuff Jim.
For an absolutely hysterical tim...Good stuff Jim. <br /><br />For an absolutely hysterical time, make sure you get the audio guide to any large modern art museum. My absolute favorite is at the Moma. When they come to De Koonings Woman 1 <br /><br />http://www.art-interview.com/Issue_008/Issue_images/deKooning_001.jpg<br /><br />and the pompous curator with a strong french accent starts doing somersaults with words, I cant take it any more and end up ripping the headphones from my ears with disgust. I think i only ever made it past 2 or three works in there before giving up on the guide. <br /><br />A funny thought just occurred to me. All museum charge about 5 bucks for the guides, EXCEPT all the modern ones. I find that very interesting...<br /><br />Same goes for trying to read the single spaced, 2 page long "explanation" as to why you just paid 15 bucks to see absolute rehashed bullshit at the entrance of any large retrospective show at the same place.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804671491953065524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-72898067708702545752009-12-02T03:29:10.278-05:002009-12-02T03:29:10.278-05:00Excellent! :)Excellent! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-68217636154215656192009-12-02T00:33:57.239-05:002009-12-02T00:33:57.239-05:00Oh whoops, I commented on the wrong journal entry!...Oh whoops, I commented on the wrong journal entry! Sorry! <br /><br />As for the artist statement generator, this hits the nail right on the head. I've read so many statements just like these...no real thought put into them, just fancy words.Brenda Lyonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570129714142266794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-19731625538493809192009-12-02T00:28:09.669-05:002009-12-02T00:28:09.669-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Brenda Lyonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570129714142266794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-46720212890934646662009-12-01T20:26:37.543-05:002009-12-01T20:26:37.543-05:00That's hilarious!
The best artist's statem...That's hilarious!<br />The best artist's statement I ever saw was by a local sculptor who's name I do not recall but who's artist's statement I could never forget. It said simply, "I like to make things".craigstephenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16061315500937089274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-5933267039628681072009-12-01T19:27:57.397-05:002009-12-01T19:27:57.397-05:00I read not long ago about a computer program that ...I read not long ago about a computer program that will generate english papers in dense postmodernese....Its indistinguishable from real postmodernist writing since both are just gibberish that means nothing while sounding erudite.<br /><br />I suspect it could be easily adapted to writing artist's statements. When I get a couple of semesters of programming under my belt (I take my first one next semester) I may give it a try.David B. Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468191085576922813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-78337996834318624812009-12-01T19:06:11.253-05:002009-12-01T19:06:11.253-05:00Jajaja very useful!Jajaja very useful!Emmanuel Laverdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13895339772049654310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-2514150301772428022009-12-01T18:41:11.913-05:002009-12-01T18:41:11.913-05:00Great post, with very useful professional tips.
He...Great post, with very useful professional tips.<br />Help greatly appreciated!!<br />PS: LOL, I lovedClaudio Saeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15710066347163181831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-51852840079484050042009-12-01T17:58:40.190-05:002009-12-01T17:58:40.190-05:00Don't forget the very useful art critique gene...Don't forget the very useful art critique generator! http://www.pixmaven.com/phrase_generator.htmlRafaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10515689962202786570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-60958764380633779022009-12-01T17:41:30.750-05:002009-12-01T17:41:30.750-05:00Spooky!Spooky!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com