Response to pg. 61-69

Artist Résumé and Biography

It is becoming increasingly difficult to write responses to this book. This is because the author is explaining the proper way to be an artist. She speaks from experience, and she is only telling us what will help us in the future. So again, I have found this section very beneficial to read and I will no doubt be revisiting it when I make my own CV so that I only put in what is important and put everything is the correct order.

She doesn’t give too many opinions to argue with, just pretty much telling us if we want to survive as artists we should do these things well. So it leaves little room for our own opinions and arguments. However, I did (as usual) find something that bugged me.

“As you will see, these contacts and relationships are essential to your career development.” This statement irks me. It reminds me of how much the current art world annoys me. Art is about expression and comes from within. I do not need to know a bunch of people to be a good artist. However, to become a professional artist I have to have all these connections. I do agree that knowing different artists could help for future collaborations, but I do not feel that this career should be all about who you know (which it is). My frustration is not towards the author, for this is not the author’s fault. She is just telling us how to make it in this current art world, I just have issues with the way our current art world operates.