Monday 4 February 2013

a box of questions

I was sent an email about three years with an extensive list of questions that I was supposed to answer for a pet project for someone studying an MA in Statistics. I never really responded as I was quite busy at the time so here is the list. I am wondering if I should answer them now but I think they should've been answered when I was given them..it would've been interesting to look back.

What do you do? How do you define yourself as an artist?

What is your message?

Your biography in four lines?

Do you upload your art to the internet? Is it visible?

How is an idea born? What is your inspiration?

What role does technology play a part within your practise? Is it integral?

What is art?

When do you get your best ideas?

How do you evaluate whether an idea is good or not?

Three creative ideas that you would have liked to have created?

When and how did you begin to see yourself as an artist?

Why do so many artists and creators have such volatile personalities?

Do you consider yourself post-modern?

How should a work of art be evaluated?

Should artists re-invent themselves every day?

Which artists do you admire and how do they influence your work?

What do you think about public funding for the arts?

Is art necessary?

Does it pain you to let go of a piece of work you have sold?

Is a work of art purchased, or is it better said, that it is the artist who is bought?

In art, there is no guide. How do you know what the next step is?

How do you feel about the fact that the pieces exhibited in contemporary art museums are ofter of artists already deceased?

What role have the figures of art dealer, gallery owners, representatives and intermediaries in general played in your career?

What types of jobs do you usually do?

Which of your jobs or tasks do you enjoy most?

Do you personally collect any items, why?

What advice would you give to those just beginning?

Which websites do you visit frequently?

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I have whittled these questions down to just nine and will be answering them in due time. I hope that the visitors to this blog would like to answer the nine selected and send them to my e-mail address:


Your biography in four lines?
What advice would you give to those just beginning?
When and how did you begin to see yourself as an artist?

In art, there is no guide. How do you know what the next step is?
How do you evaluate whether an idea is good or not?
How is an idea born?

Is art necessary?
How should a work of art be evaluated?
Do you personally collect any items, why?

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