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Chuck Close’s Advice to Artists During a Crisis

The contemporary artist says the best time to make art is when everyone thinks art is dead.

http://bigthink.com/chuckclose

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10 Responses to “Chuck Close’s Advice to Artists During a Crisis”

  1. March 29th, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    blessOTMA says:

    Let’s not forget …
    Let’s not forget the WPA ( works projects administration ) of the New Deal. That’s what kept the hot shot artists of the 50′s alive and painting in the 30′s. So if the 1930′s is what one is talking about , the formula is crisis + workfare = opportunity .
    Today young people get a job or live at home etc. Then, they got to paint murals for a salary. Also many artists really live off a teaching job and those are not a plentiful as they were in years past .

  2. March 29th, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    Estragon17 says:

    @walker44444
    Thats …
    @walker44444
    Thats a pretty gross oversimplification, honestly.

  3. March 29th, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    walker44444 says:

    @dreamlogicc

    …
    @dreamlogicc

    Except that all through the ages, successful artists have had rich fathers, brothers or patrons who have bankrolled them thus enabling them to indulge themselves in making art day after day. Lots of talented people have no option but to get a job and put their art to the side.

  4. March 29th, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    dreamlogicc says:

    he mentions the 40s …
    he mentions the 40s and 50s as his favorite time in american art, and the depression era 30s as not so great… but remember, the artists who were making all that great work in the 50s grew up in the depression era. so crisis is perfect for maturing young artists… as you say, it will decide who keeps working, and who falls by the wayside…

  5. March 29th, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    junkrancher61 says:

    same :-)
    same :-)

  6. March 29th, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    martynwonder says:

    same:)
    same:)

  7. March 29th, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    blankz121 says:

    an artist wearing a …
    an artist wearing a black turtleneck..? seriously?

  8. March 29th, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    LovelyCounting says:

    same too
    same too

  9. March 29th, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    ThePirateGrog says:

    same :)
    same :)

  10. March 29th, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    nwadgnikaerb says:

    to me and my work, …
    to me and my work, he is the most inspirational artist i have come across.