ANONYMOUS #1
1. How do you evaluate your career as an Iranian female composer/singer in Iran?
As a female composer, I must work harder to establish my artistic work. As a composer in general, in the Islamic Republic of Iran, …
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The Anecdotal History of Art (According to Matthew Collings), Part 2: ThreeGhosts
...Every artist who has spent a long night in the studio knows that eventually, the ghosts will come.
The traditional version of Art History taught at university posits a timeline, delineating eras that contain advancements in technology, named movements, and the introduction of new “isms.” Artists are born, work, and die on this timeline, the sum of their life in art summarized in an image or two. Matthew Collings’ version of art history is different, focusing on the artists more than the art, the specific rather than the vast, and the personal rather than the academic. The setting in many of his drawings is the studio, the place where art is made, rather than the church, palace, gallery, or museum.
The traditional version of Art History taught at university posits a timeline, delineating eras that contain advancements in technology, named movements, and the introduction of new “isms.” Artists are born, work, and die on this timeline, the sum of their life in art summarized in an image or two. Matthew Collings’ version of art history is different, focusing on the artists more than the art, the specific rather than the vast, and the personal rather than the academic. The setting in many of his drawings is the studio, the place where art is made, rather than the church, palace, gallery, or museum.
