Artist Life

Artist Life is NO MORE. Check out ART BALLAD podcast, it is my new podcast with another Artist and we have GREAT conversations, here is our first episode. After this, I will not be posting here anymore and shutting down Artist Life social medias.

ART BALLAD:

Artist Life is NO MORE. Check out ART BALLAD podcast, it is my new podcast with another Artist and we have GREAT conversations.

ART BALLAD:

I discuss how it's useful practise to use different media to express the same idea and what can happen when you do. 

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I speak about my relationship with writing and it being my first Art form.

I talk about the importance of talking with other artists. I'm pretty off but got an episode out regardless.

What happens if the audience doesn't get your concept?! I also talk about a current collaboration I'm working on as well as what it's like to lose control of your work.

I discuss the Chuck Close quote and how it's informed my Artistic Practise. I also answer the questions: What piece of Art would I like to own most, and What's the best piece of advice ever given to me!

Someone sent me a pseudo inspirational quote that says making bad art is better than making no art. Is it?

I quickly overview some of my thoughts on appropriation in Art.

I talk about my experiences with creating Art as a coping mechanism!

The conversation with Dave Bullied continues and we get into the question about Pay for Display and the Business of Art. 

I have Dave Bullied on the podcast and we discuss some of his background and get into what the Guerrilla Art Collective is all about!

"Isn't that the duty of Art - to elevate us above the Beast?" - I take apart this quote a bit and share my thoughts.

I also further my thoughts on separating Art from the Artist and how do you know when a piece is done?

Sometimes people look at your art and say, "Anyone can do that." Uh, no?

I also discuss the future of my art practise as well as give some advice to artists who have passion but no "means" of expressing it.

Separating Art from the Artist - why is this a useful "skill" to have?

Someone asks me how my art practise has changed in the course of the past decade and... with sometimes too much detail - I answer!

My thoughts on the legacy of contemporary artists. This includes specifics on what I think my own legacy as an artist could be.

I talk about the banana duct tape piece, "Enter Comedian", and why people get upset about Art!

This is Jon, I am continuing Artist Life by myself. This is a short explanation.

We ask each other some questions!

We ask each other some questions!

We discuss Art History and it's importance and also lack thereof. 

We talk about how different forms of Art enrich our lives - not as producers but as consumers.

We talk about Graffiti - what IS graffiti? What defines it? Is it Art? When, how, why? What about calligraphy? Is that any different? Defining terms... Redefining art styles, genres, and our understandings of things like language. What a mess! Art is messy and beautiful.

We talk about Artist Run Centres - what are they? How do they compare to galleries? We talk about a couple specific ones in Lethbridge and Saskatoon.

We talk about artwork and an audience.  We get into specifics about our live painting experience in front of people.

DIRECTIONS TO GET TO THE EXHIBIT: https://youtu.be/3GNqZrobzx0

We talk about collaboration as Artists. Our previous experiences and what we're working on together right now!

DIRECTIONS TO GET TO THE EXHIBIT: https://youtu.be/3GNqZrobzx0

We talk about our favorite artists and how they inspire us!

We talk about our favorite artists and how they inspire us!

We ask and answer the questions, "what is art?" and "what is an artist?" How do YOU define Art?

We discuss the notion of Stealing Art. Not stealing a physical piece to own, but stealing someone's idea and/or image etc. and making it your "own". 

We discuss how our mental health effects our artist practise. NOTE - we were both in states of anxiety while recording and couldn't explore the topics to the standards we would have liked. However, we both learned new things about how we process when in these states. We wanted to share this because it is Real and we came away from it knowing ourselves better.

We discuss what roles and responsibilities artists should have. What roles does an artist have in society? Who are artists responsible to?

We discuss an Artist's relationship with their environment. What does that mean?  In what ways do our environments affect us as Artists? How do we interact with our surroundings and how does that play into our practise?

 We discuss Conceptual Art! What is or isn't considered Conceptual Art and Why? What are some important pieces? Is Our work Conceptual?

We, Jon and Loralee, introduce the podcast! 

We give some insight into the direction we'd like things to go as well as an introduction to how we came to be Artists.