Arts and Politics :: Arts Politics Essays

Arts and PoliticsMany artisanic creationists tend to overwork themselves and get frustrated. Even if they were to work 18 hours a day on a project, umteen of them still wouldnt be able to pat themselves on the shoulder and say Youve done a great job You should be happy Of every(prenominal) the times they say it, they rarely feel it. plainly when you get down to the bottom of it, they absolutely love to do it Just resembling that, Emilie gets neurotic when she works, and thereof she prefers to work alone at night. Upon my insistence she reveals any(prenominal) of the secret characteristics of her artist persona she gazes at the drawing, moves back, gazes some more, moves closer, speaks to herself and works for long hours until the picture in her conduct comes alive. Its rarely the exact same picture, but sometimes its even better. Shes sharing her studio with two friends this year. As a result, she prefers to work at home even though she misses the times when she pulled all-n ighters in Johnson and turned the lights off as the sun came up.Even though she works like a zombie in order to avoid human presence, the result inevitably begs for the daylights due to its political subject matter. Emilie doesnt do art for arts sake. She has a purpose to make the viewer think. Its really important to know what you think about everything.. Cause if you dont know, and then what are you bringing to the table?.. In order to be a complete person you need to have complete opinions about a tolerant spectrum of things. Unlike some political art thats shoved into your face, Emilie tries to be subtle. She likes to put things out there and leave the interpretation to the viewer. Her work mainly deals with gender, popular culture, and westerly mentality. Im a woman, Im American, Im middle upper class, Im a consumer, Im privileged. But Im also influenced by the struggles of the other class-lower class Im fascinated by the concept of the exotic and how western communities tur n that into a commodity. The consumption by the west of the east.. she says as she sips on Red Bull, takes another drag from her cigarette, the count of which I lost a while ago, and puts on some techno/pop music on the computer. But thats not all. Despite her interest and respect in political art, she immediately sits up when asked her favorite artist and speaks the name James Turrell.