Saturday, April 10, 2010

Initiated vs realized

We know the names of people who initiated the works in this show, but seldom those who realized them.

Seeing Pepon's work and questioning the way his piece was made and through which company or technician doesn't distort my perception or the meaning of this piece. I would ratter see a achieved piece created by the artist and crafts by a professional than the artist trying to be technician of multitask. Than I question the essence of the work: did the artist enjoyed more the process of fabrication than the subject matter?
I can compare this position as a car company who as THE designer of X model, but not the one who put the pieces all together. Is he still the creator of the vehicle? I would definitely say yes and I think that in my practice, if I could afford having a specialist helping me to realized a piece, I would go directly with this option. I had an EXPERIENCE during the break with the framing of my prints. I wanted to save money and build my own frames, but I ended up paying more because I was unable to do a job as good as a specialist in framing.

I think that I need to understand my limits, and accept that certain things cant be crafts by my hands. If a specific subject need a specific type of material that I cant manipulate, I would ratter find someone realizing it for me than changing the material of it to a type that I can manipulate. It changes the entire meaning of the piece.

Here is the best example I can give you so far about my personal practice, by putting the heads outside and asking people to display them the way they perceive the work, they realize something I cant do!

I would like to share the images with you guys, but I do not know who to post them, next week if you can help me I will share.

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