Arty Bullshitzu

Here's my idea for our degree show.

Whilst procrastinating I decided to watch a random documentary (The Culture Show: Tate Modern Turns 10, look it up on iPlayer, it's tasty) and was particularly inspired by a chap who talked about how, due to Tate Modern's popularity, often artwork is misunderstood by the (uneducated?) general public.

This got me thinking about our degree show. No doubt on opening night, most of the visitors will be students relatives, significant others etc that most likely, won't have a particular understanding (or real interest) in our work like we do. I assume most people will trot around, look at their child's work, go "hmm, well done love" and then move on. (Maybe I'm just cynical?) Anyway, my idea is to provide a list of things to consider whilst conducting said trot. Hopefully this would encourage people to consume the artwork rather than just chewing it for a bit and then spitting it out, figuratively speaking of course.

Here they are:

Literal Vs Obvious

Singular Vs Plural

Significance Vs Throwaway

Niche Vs Understood

Meaning Vs Visual

Style Vs Content

Edition Vs Obsession

Conformity Vs Individual

Audience Vs Idea

Message Vs Style

Quality Vs Quantity

Scale Vs Need

Understanding Vs Knowledge

Misunderstanding Vs Interpretation

Impression Vs Study

Elitist Vs Democratic

Perspective Vs Flat

Safe Vs Radical

Soul Vs Sale

Needs "tweaking" and editing, yet. Just a general scribble of ideas as of yet.