In general, an artist statement should address what you make, how you make it, why you make it and your understanding of your work's meaning.
— Claremont Graduate University | Claremont Writing Center | How to write an Artist Statement
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Most art dealers claim that an artist statement is never an important consideration in selecting an artist to show or represent and that a poorly written statement may have a detrimental effect if the artist's slides had otherwise interested the dealer.
Daniel Grant
For today's artist writing skills are essential to self-promotion, connection and ongoing career opportunity
The aim of the book is to teach the reader how to write about art.
Part One covers how to develop and write an Artist Statement. Part Two focuses on other types of writing related to having a career in art e.g.
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Paperback: 126 pages
Publisher: Vicki Krohn Amorose Date: January 11, 2013 BUY THIS BOOK Art-Write: The Writing Guide for Visual Artists from Amazon.com
Art-Write: The Writing Guide for Visual Artists from Amazon UK
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This is a book essentially about marketing and equipping an artist to promote their career
It contains one section about how to write an Artist Statement. |
Paperback: 250 pages
Publisher: Pentas Press; Edition: 4th edition Publication Date: April 17, 2019 also available as KINDLE The paperback version (editions 1 and 2 rated an average of 4.7 out of 5 stars by 54 customer reviews Rated an average of
BUY THIS BOOK I'd Rather Be in the Studio! from Amazon.co.uk
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Bottom line - this books prompts extreme reviews of love or hate.
It's a particular approach to developing an artist statement which may help some people while being seriously annoying others. Early reviews were good - probably because it didn't have much competition. However latterly not so much. Beware - there are some seriously negative reviews of this book on Amazon.com! |
Paperback: 162 pages
Publisher: Infinity Publishing (June 12, 2013) Rated an average of
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Write it for the people who you want to buy your art - this is not an academic essay!
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"Most artist statements, 99 out of 100, are not useful, and they're often ludicrous. A poorly written statement has turned me off an artist's work. |
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