tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814200235459632416.post3644530577071442928..comments2024-01-05T07:22:47.705-08:00Comments on We can shoot too: Artspeak / StatementsJ. Wesley Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13978967238356104467noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814200235459632416.post-5514071143503906962009-03-09T11:00:00.000-07:002009-03-09T11:00:00.000-07:00I totally know what you mean. Sometimes it's just ...I totally know what you mean. Sometimes it's just that you have a great eye and come upon an amazing scene and are able to capture that. Then you've got to figure out how to explain the damn thing when all you want to do is shout, "Just look at it. It's clearly an amazing shot!" and are hoping that that would be enough.J. Wesley Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13978967238356104467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814200235459632416.post-70747917497428998702009-03-06T12:54:00.000-08:002009-03-06T12:54:00.000-08:00I love that first quote - it cuts to the heart of ...I love that first quote - it cuts to the heart of something that I'm totally guilty of, and I think it still somehow encouraged in art school.<BR/><BR/>I'm doing this project with comic books right now, and my original artist statement was basically "I like comic books, I just wanted to worship and celebrate them." (one piece is called shrine, which is basically a huge pile of em, and another is called Chant, which is a video made of pictures of people's faces I took from the books, etc)<BR/><BR/>but I've been told that I should talk about how I'm reexamining their relationship to society, suggesting obsessive things, basically subverting the main stream comic industry....<BR/><BR/>but really I fucking love comics. I'm not really doing any of that. I might be poking fun at it a bit, but only in a super loving way. <BR/><BR/>you know what I mean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com