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You talk only about the famous artist, but the eve...

2009-03-26T22:09:00.000-07:00

You talk only about the famous artist, but the everyday artist is also thought of as weird. Many artists have day jobs, so it's much more difficult to be an alcoholic or junkie! Though the perception lives on.

I think there's a mindset to being an artist that strikes other folks as odd. It's not just that we put our art first, above all else, but I think we look at the world differently.

Movies are for people who like to watch movies, bu...

2008-07-09T17:54:00.000-07:00

Movies are for people who like to watch movies, but they can also re-write history and confuse people who do not have a working knowledge of said history. They can also enforce social stigmas. And no, I'm not 'just blaming the movies'... this is just the angle that I'm taking.

I'm not exactly saying that movies about a visual artist should be just about watching the artist work. That

well i dont know about the general view on artists...

2008-07-09T15:59:00.000-07:00

well i dont know about the general view on artists today but i dont feel theey are portrait bad ..

They excentic level is just a bit higher to make their story interessing..artist way of living is view upon as alternative lifestyle..and i feel that a lot of artists are a bit of the norm in persona anways so it kinda makes sense to me.

All the great ones, legends call em what you

i value what you have to say but getting back to r...

2008-07-09T15:57:00.000-07:00

i value what you have to say but getting back to reality, movies are for people who watch movies. i'm sure any artist, if we had the chance, would be more than happy to watch a film of they fav artist (whoever) just paint, but if your not a artist then this could be quite boring because they do not see the technique or colour or space or that magic which our favourite artist capture. Adding to

ZD and Balhatain mentioned education. It is by far...

2008-07-09T13:13:00.000-07:00

ZD and Balhatain mentioned education. It is by far the most important issue in art today. There has been separation of mainstream culture from artists because of a lack of art education. Balhatain, this is why it's so important for passionate artists and art-lovers to be teachers. Any kind of discussion about art is therapeutic to the art-apathy problem. My mom HATED art her whole life because

Thanks a lot for this insightful blog Brian.I have...

2008-07-08T17:36:00.000-07:00

Thanks a lot for this insightful blog Brian.

I have to wonder a little bit here about how much personality and lifestyle can be truly separated from an artists work. Wouldn't it be fair to say that such things as an artists mental health are a significant factor in the conceptual interpretation of the artists work?

I dont necessarily like that this is what all of these movies

ZD, you make a good point about our school system....

2008-07-08T05:14:00.000-07:00

ZD, you make a good point about our school system. That is actually one reason why I backed out of being a public school art teacher. Even the text books tend to focus on negative aspects of personality instead of the art itself. Young students rarely learn about why a specific artist is important-- the lesson plans simply do not call for it.

I just wrote an essay about this for school, but I...

2008-07-08T02:59:00.000-07:00

I just wrote an essay about this for school, but I didn't even mention how artists are portrayed in the media. I wrote about how art is taught in elementary school. In elementary school you are only taught about artists who are long dead. If you are taught anything about the life of any artists in public school, you’re only taught about the ones who were poor and/or insane. Nobody can name

On a psychological level, humans tend to belittle,...

2008-07-07T23:40:00.000-07:00

On a psychological level, humans tend to belittle, put down, or make fun of that which they do not understand. By doing this they attempt to feel superior, rather than inferior. The negative views by people are definitely from miseducation in media, but also a basic lack of understanding in themselves about what is art.

Until the artist is removed from the canvas, and the canvas is

I think it's important to separate the art from th...

2008-07-07T22:40:00.000-07:00

I think it's important to separate the art from the artist. We admire certain artists because of their work; their personal lives, whether sordid or saintly, are simply irrelevant.

Van Gogh was a rude drunk with bad personal hygiene. Gauguin was a bully who abandoned his wife and kids after infecting them all with syphilis. Caravaggio was a drunken, violent madman who committed murder.

very nice article mr. artspace!It's the first time...

2008-07-07T18:30:00.001-07:00

very nice article mr. artspace!It's the first time that I read one of your blogs, and I'm realy excited.But I'd like to remind you something. It's not only the movies to blame, but mostly the audiaunce and the less education they (we) get in general and especially about art.So noone is going to see a movie about an artist if there's no drama!..unfortunatly
Keep on doing this nice work.Thank

"Artist films" are often made with a two-fold goal...

2008-07-07T18:30:00.000-07:00

"Artist films" are often made with a two-fold goal: A - to make the artist more accessible to the general public by "humanizing" them, and B - to knock the artist off the perceived pedestal where "successful" artists have been placed by museums, gallerists, and collectors.

The average person sees pieces of canvas with paint splodged on them being sold for tens of thousands/millions of