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Journalism 101 as artist’s statement-writing strategy
Strategy Moment:
I owe this insight to Jean Shin, a marvelous sculptor (who’s got a nice profile in this month’s Sculpture Magazine, btw.) Why not just stick to the basic interview questions journalists use when trying to talk about your work?
WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, HOW?
Ask them of the artwork; you can even interview it as if it were the subject, and see what you get. (“What are you made of?”; “Where were you made?”….) I’m guessing that the results Shin got with her classes at Pratt and elsewhere are pretty similar to the results I get with my artist-interview-style of approach.
Asking them of Shin’s piece in Sculpture, which uses re-purposed trophies as its main raw material, would certainly yield some rich results.
"Everyday Monuments," 2009. Detail of installation. Image: Seong Kwon, courtesy the artist.