Words someone who does art wrote about why they make art

Author's impression of Michael Craig-Martin's "An Oak Tree"Our favorite coffee shop in Hartsville is The Midnight Rooster. It is home to “the crocodile table”, lattes made with a Southern sense of urgency, and delicious chocolate chip cookies. Today, my daughter, The Frogger, and I were passing some time between one errand and the next. The Midnight Rooster also has lots of art books from exhibitions. So, I got to read artist statements. Just back from ScienceOnline, my scientist soul is feeling properly chastised about the use of jargon.

Talk about jargon. We science nerds have nothing on these artists. Continue reading “Words someone who does art wrote about why they make art”