After reading this interview with Vija Celmins one thing she said the I could really agree with. “I had been thinking too much about the work and inventing too much, and it seemed to mean nothing” Vija Celmins I don’t know why but when I read this it really struck a chord with me. Being in this visual arts program I have seen a lot of pieces and heard many explanations for them and the majority (to me that is) relate to what Celmins said. Many of the pieces that I have seen in this program have been over thought and over worked. There appears to be some need with artists to create something that has all this meaning and feeling. There needs to be this crazy explanation with all work, or work has to mean something. I sometimes think artists feel they need to not only create but also play the part (by that I mean some of “artists” just play along with the stereotype). For the best part of my time here at Brock I do not feel like I have seen work that just works. We tend to put so much time into the thought and meaning of the work that the product lacks. Or we just create something that we don’t truly want to simply because what we want to make does not have the meaning to back up the work (I hope I am making sense). On the other hand it could just be the time where we are figuring out right balance between thought and style. All in all I just believe that if you’re an artist you should always do what you want to do, take risks, create what you feel and the rest should fall in place.
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