Tuesday, 28 February 2017

Annotated References

“A blind man can make art but a blind man can’t see art”.

LeWitt, S.
Published in 2007 by Art Monthly and Ridinghouse
Edited by P Bickers and A Wilson
Talking Art : Interviews with artists since 1976
Page 418
Line 17-18
London, United Kingdom

"Most ideas that are successful are ludicrously simple".

LeWitt, S.
Published in 1969
Edited by A Alberro and B Stimson
Conceptual art : A critical anthology
Page 13
Line 4-7
United States of America
https://monoskop.org/images/3/3d/LeWitt_Sol_1967_1999_

“Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you”.

Pollock, J.
Published in August 1950
Edited by M Gayford and K Wright
The Grove Book of Art Writing
Page 546
United States of America

“For me, rhythms and things that repeat are comforting”.

Creed, M.
Published in December 2014
Interviewed by C Scott 
In Your Face : Interview
1 minute, 10 seconds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY3L0cNqDiw

Books
I found one of my ‘Sol LeWitt’ quotes in a book called ‘Talking art’. I feel like books a very reliable sources, which is why they are used in schools and universities all across the world. Books used in schools contain authoritative information and this can include comprehensive amounts of research, data, overviews and experts views. I find books interesting as I can find very thorough overviews of relevant topics. I really enjoy researching artists and I feel like books are useful when I require background information / research on a certain topic, when I want to add depth to my research or when I want to put a certain topic into context. In this case, I was able to take part in an in-depth research on relevant artists such as Sol LeWitt, Martin Creed and Jackson Pollock. I think the obvious advantage of this source is that they’re accessible and portable. I didn’t require a computer or any electrical information to read the book and I actually read the relevant section in the studio. Books are easy to ‘dip in and out’ of, and can be read anywhere. I feel like books are more reliable than websites because they are obviously well researched. They have been produced by publishers, therefore they’re more trustworthy as they have been through the process of selection, editing and proof reading. On the other hand, I may find it challenging so trust a source from a book because it can sometimes take years to write and publish them, therefore they are not always the best source for current topics. Artists produce work fairly quickly and art may become ‘out of date’ or ‘not relevant’ in society anymore, by the time another book is published. In the University library there were 6 or 7 copies of the ‘Talking art book,’ publishers will print a certain number of copies of a book and the material won’t be updated until a new edition is brought out and this could be several years later or not at all. It might also be a challenge to use a book for research because the Author may be biased towards a certain topic. I would find it hard to research a topic if the author’s views contradicted my views. Luckily for me, P Bickers and A Wilson weren’t biased and I found the text extremely interesting.
Websites
The other 3 of my 4 quotes were found online. I also find most online sources reliable and interesting, especially as websites can be updated very regularly and they provide up to date news and information about current events, trends and controversial topics. They also provide reliable statistics, interviews, newspaper articles, research reports and many other types of resources. Throughout this assignment task, I read many interviews with artists and I watched a few YouTube interviews. I enjoyed watching the Martin Creed interviews online, and I feel like these were the most reliable source because the editor couldn’t change what Martin Creed was saying although they are able to cut large chunks out and ask biased questions. Luckily, this didn’t happen. Search engines allow us to retrieve a large amount of information within a few seconds and I find it extremely useful how they are ranked in order, according to their relevance. I find it interesting how the most popular sites show first, saving lots of time because selecting which information is useful and which isn’t, can be time consuming. However, I find websites a challenging source as they can be updated by anyone and anybody can publish anything on the internet. Wikipedia is a prime example of this and I actually found one of my quotes by Jackson Pollock on Wikipedia, which is why this one was the most challenging for me. I believe that websites such as Wikipedia could be compared to a game of Chinese whispers, with a small amount of information getting changed slightly each time but overtime the source wouldn’t be accurate at all. I have also found that website information is sometimes outdated, biased or inaccurate information. When searching for my quotes, I tried to find up to date quotes because I would expect these to be most relevant to society today as well as my art practice. Often, books are provided in a digital format and they are easy to search or download but still many resources are still only available on paper. I would also find websites challenging sources because plagiarism and copyright issues are also a major problem with this source. I would suspect this is because it’s so easy to just ‘copy and paste’ large amounts of information.

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