Artist Statement

Does this  portrait remind anyone of a famous portrait by Mapplethorpe?
 

As an artist you have to write and eventually become good at it. What artist write are proposals, statements, bios and beyond that could be critiques of art. Unfortunately, artistically speaking I know we suffer or lack in this department. By that I mean we can't find the right words  or know how to say exactly what we're trying to say. 

It's the artist statement that we use to help clarify the work and the various meaning that you the audience can come up. It's a step in the right direction, but you still find your own way.

I have been reading and seeing more and more statements that sound very compelling but when you juxtapose their art to the statement you find  HUGE discrepancies. Even to the point that all of their pieces are Untitled 2008. This too me is unintelligent and maybe instead of putting bullshit in your statement you should spend more time with your work and title the damn thing.

I've seen this go the other way too. Their statements seem very childish, and then the work has very direct meaning titles. This is still unintellectual work. The despairing thing is I've seen enough photographic work that this applies too, and it just makes photography look terrible, and moronic. 

I will try harder to make it clear and make me as an artist seem intelligent. We as artist are, but we choose to communicate in another form which is second nature to us. WE are intelligent and now it's our time to prove it.

Words to live by;

Listen and you will know