If you have ever worked in or owned a business that deals with a lot with artists, you would know that the answer is "Yes!".
But just because they don't "fit", doesn't mean that they aren't of value.
I belong to a cooperative of thirty artists -- we have been running a gallery for a dozen years. Not exactly the same set of 30 artists as 12 years ago as we go through changes, but still a functioning organization of artists.
Sorry Vaughn, my "tongue-in-cheek" emoticon clearly malfunctioned!...
There's a good deal of social engineering in British art. When the academy is too long in the ascendency, the oiks have their spell, and when "keepin' it real" becomes tiresome the toffs take over again, ad absurdum.This one is especially funny. An artist calls Lord Snowdon (Anthony Armstrong Jones) the Provost of the Royal College of Art, a twat.
from minute 1:30 to 3:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYCNMb8leCI
For those that don't know, Anthony Armstrong Jones was Princess Margarets husband and a very fine portrait photographer. Princess Margaret was the Queens sister.
I think all creative people are somewhat misfits in society. My career was in engineering, and all the really creative engineers I have known were like artists. I think this is getting worse, as, as in my observation (certainly not scientific), society is getting less creative - just going with the flow. This makes the creative people stand out more as not really into society. Not that I think that's bad, you understand.
OP..."a society without jaywalkers might indicate a society without artists." ~ Paul Theroux
Good artists are misfits a lot of the time....
How can you tell the difference? I'm reminded of the judge who claimed pornography was anything that caused him physical arousal. One man's Sistine Chapel is another woman's unmade bed.Maybe this describes wannabee artistes more than the real deal, who seem to come in every shade and flavor, and not necessarily any stereotype.
There's a good deal of social engineering in British art. When the academy is too long in the ascendency, the oiks have their spell, and when "keepin' it real" becomes tiresome the toffs take over again, ad absurdum.
The general aim is to create a mix of good bweeding and hybrid vigour, artistically and genetically, to keep the art show on the road. The aim of the individual artist is to keep ones tongue sufficiently far up the establishment's fundament to keep the cash flowing, but not so far as to get ones head stuck.
True enough, I wasn't thinking of AAJ specifically, nor of toffs as only members of the aristocracy. More about those who hold the key to the cash, aka patronage, which is a more diverse group in which "old families" are over represented.Armstrong Jones was a commoner (upper middle class) and not a toff. He married into the aristocracy.
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