Professional Practices: The Studio & Studio Visits
The artist’s studio exists in our cultural imagination as an illusive or reclusive, mysterious, even magical space of inspiration. Above all, it is the place of production for artists. Yet in practice, just what the studio is- and what happens there-is increasing difficult to grasp. The nature of the studio keeps evolving, ultimately becoming a category as diverse as the work that immerse from it, and the source of lots of talking and books collecting and discussing these ideas.
What does it mean to you to have a studio space? What is the space’s intended function, as far as you understand it? How does your studio describe your point of view as an artist?
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3 books on the studio for further reading if this topic is of particular interest to you: The Studio Reader: On The Space of Artists / THE STUDIO / The Fall of the Studio: Artists at Work
Rembrant van Rijn “Artist in his studio” 1629.
screenshot of the grab bag studio homepage, a contemporary take on the possibilities of the studio started by artists in Long Beach
BONUS LINK: Here is a link to the In The Make blog of interviews with artists I mentioned in class last week. While this blog is no longer active, it is a useful archive of some great artists working in California with thoughtful interviews with lush images of the artist’s studio spaces.
