[Jewelry making - Article 00668] - [Orchid] Re: [Orchid[ Artist Definition

[Terri May]

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    Hi David -- I enjoy your view as always.  Obviously heavily steeped
    in the Art Historian's point of view (see citations included in his
    post), your perspective is well-documented.  As we both know, an Art
    Historian does not an Artist make, but they sure work hard to try to
    define and categorize and squeeze the essence out, right?  (Even if
    it's not the true essence -- because that escapes the grasp.) 

    The most interesting thing about defining "artist" by the study of
    art history is that by the time the object, person making object,
    and trend are deconstructed and labelled, the process is generally
    over and dead.  Basically the Art Historian dissects the remains of
    creative work like a biology student takes apart a lab frog.  Then
    they weigh the frog, compare and contrast it with other lab frog
    data, and come up with a theory.  It is just a theory. 

    This is only one of the many reasons why I have given up argueing
    about the term "artist". 

--Terri, who calls herself an artist for political reasons (just kidding)


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