Last week's drawings

See. They will layer, the pattern is the key plate & the tone will be the color. It is a litho bit.


My problem right now is not technique or concept related. I have already switched up my concept since midterms so it is a little less muddy, less reliant on the critique of icons, and discusses the use of pattern and absurdity a little more & technically I feel confident.

However, Endi has so kindly reminded me that not everyone is a printmaker and therefore not everyone can understand the nuances of my work as well as exactly how labor intensive it is. +++my work is more reliant on technique than concept so I am supposedly expecting to much from my audience. ANDDDDDD

I have never felt such strong opposition to something that has come out of the mouth of an authority figure. Artists, to become artists, have to make themselves believe that what they are doing is actually important and that somehow they are an expert on a particular process that can mostly be understood by other EXPERTS.

You don't have to be an expert to understand the passage of time. Perceiving the use of time is simple & I am trying to use this to promote this idea that creating and expecting someone to care is selfish. And assuming that the technique I am using is beyond the comprehension of the typical human being is disgusting.

ALL I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW IS THAT IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME TO RENDER THESE IMAGES. IT CAN BE TREATED LIKE A DRAWING. I AM NOT SPECIAL.

I am working on what exactly I will wind up doing with these "habits." I have cut them to see how they would look repeated as garlands. This is a possibility as it is also marginalizing these art objects into serious party decorations.

I have also thought about writing sounds out phonetically to the rhythm of the repeated images. This would go along the bottom of the print and create a time based idea as the viewer would have to walk along the image to read the work. However, there would be no actual words read in this endeavor, only sounds. Adding to the blasphemy of the necessity to read the image. Also the entire work (or collection of habits) would then have a musical aspect-- just everything but the sound itself.


I think I am excited about the second one---it makes my work more than just prints. So the argument of the neccessity of a knowledge of printmaking isn't valid. anyone can see what I'm seeing. printmaking isn't even terribly complicated & if you want to elevate yourself through the technique, no one cares.

Also, I understand what is happening in the art world. or what has already happened, I mean. I know that maybe two years ago or so, me doing these technical prints would be looked at as being too reliant on technique and empty of concept. I probably will just evolve to documenting my own solid and liquid waste and categorizing it by what I consumed prior to expulsion. But I want to use the print studio. THE TAX PAYERS ARE PAYING FOR ME TO BE HERE SO I AM GOING TO USE THE PRINT STUDIO.


anytime that I am not here making is a waste of time.