Over the course of the term, as I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been writing and animating, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve devoted a good amount of time thinking about the creative process – habits and strategies for establishing a good artistic workflow. As the end of the term and imminent deadlines draw closer, however, a new question springs to mind: how do I know when a work of art is complete? <\/p>\n
Abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock would famously add new coats of paint to a canvas in progress days after his initial work. Perhaps this was a specific process, or perhaps Pollock simply worked on a painting until he couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t stand to anymore. <\/p>\n
Growing bored of a piece is the easiest way to know I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m done working on something – but also the least satisfying. As another abstract expressionist, Arshile Gorky, once said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153something that is finished, that means it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dead, doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it? I never finish a painting – I just stop working on it for a while.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Perhaps the problem is in the assumption that Art is something to be \u00e2\u20ac\u0153worked\u00e2\u20ac\u009d on. Work implies a task with a specific, tangible goal and rational justification. Art may have goals attached, but motivations for creating Art are often complicated and mutable. <\/p>\n
***as a performative element – I’m going to timestamp updates to this post over the next few weeks to demonstrate how I rarely consider an idea complete due to an external deadline ** <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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