have gone for the past 4 years. there were a few more studios. nothing took my breath away. there were 20 studios & a bunch of bootleggers in some of the commercial buildings or with tents in the street. some nice studio layouts/spaces $$$. every time i go to one of these things i want to stop painting. see all the work makes it pointless on some level.
going to the san fransciso open studio thingy in october is always somber & sobering. i go about every 3 yrs now. on hunter's point weekend i go & see 300++studios > most at one location. it is an overload & gives one a sense of fruitlessness. you know only 5-6 of all of them are making a living solely by their art. most teach or have other profession & are duel income households (+ maybe a few silver spoon sorts). after attending each time i have this feeling that this is not "the way." not that i wouldn't love a tenured job, just that if one was truly out to get famous they would need to go about some other way. for me creation/process is its own reward <> to no avail.
to find something fresh & new (either in process or imagery).
so far, the only "fresh" surprise was a sound installation on spectacle island in boston.
may have to look to alt processes/mediums to get my fix.
did not get any contributory ideas for my mfa stuff. maybe it will come later. maybe this is part of that "asking the right questions" >>>having a set of questions to filter images through may shift the experience. i tend to look at aesthetics, skill, concept, originality, & presentation. i usually ponder options to resolve the unresolved. maybe i should be asking different questions. maybe looking at all the studios as a whole & find a unifying element/pattern . more of a social rather than artist statement. what is the here/now element + what are elements drug up from a past (style/ideology/social reaction) that was never experienced/developed first hand in reaction to something or environment at that time? how has this all changed over the last four open studios? <<< danto readings are manifesting...
maybe next year i will create a question sheet to interview or hand out to the artist participating. should do that for the sf studio tour too. let them define it rather than lean on my projections.
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