Tag: Art Education

HUNTER BIDENโ€™S ART โ€“ FAME TRUMPS TALENT

OPINION | Theย riseย of Hunter Bidenโ€™s art career proves that fame trumps talent.ย Itโ€™s aย discouragingย lessonย for many young, talented artists who are struggling to be noticed in the overcrowded art world. The message is clear, no matter how good your art is, unless you have famousย parents, chances are, you wonโ€™t make it.ย ย 

Those that decide to stay in the art game may takeย away a much moreย dangerousย lesson โ€“ to be noticed you must embrace scandalous decadence and become a self-destructiveย public figureย like Hunter Biden.ย After all it worked forย Andy Warhol, who was a lifelong drug addict; it worked forย Jackson Pollock, who was an alcoholic for most of his life; it worked forย Petr Pavlensky, who nailedย his scrotum to the ground; it just may work forย youย โ€“ right?ย ย 

How To Discover Your Art Style

Letโ€™s say you have discovered yourself as an artist and you want to express yourself in some of the more traditional ways we look at creativity, for example painting, singing, writing music, dancing, or sculpting and designing. If you are certain about the way and the technique you want to express yourself in, but youโ€™re new and havenโ€™t discovered your specific style yet, it can be a very tricky task. Itโ€™s not because you donโ€™t have it already but because of the influence of everything around you. It is important to remember you canโ€™t give what you donโ€™t have. We all know this but we tend to forget it while starting to look around us and being affected by what others do and think.ย This leads us towards the two approaches we will highlight in this article to clarify how you can discover your art style and what actually makes an impression on your creative self.

How To Discover Yourself As An Artist

Art is an expression that needs to be allowed to flow freely. Donโ€™t try to figure out how to do the best piece of art to fit in, do your thing. This is not about being accepted or evaluated. Some people will love you and some wonโ€™t. It’s as simple as that and you donโ€™t need anyoneโ€™s approval to create the way you create. If you have your motives clear, have written your goals and take action one step at a time then you are doing more than 90% of the population. Most people just think and donโ€™t believe and therefore donโ€™t take action. That is not you. Because you are reading this I know you have a message to deliver, a piece of art that needs to be created and shared with the world.

Ilya Glazunov’s Russian Nationalism | Hokkaido University

Although lately Western scholars have begun to pay attention to various manifestations of the rise of ethnic Russian nationalism as distinct from official “Soviet patriotism” they have virtually ignored the phenomenon of Il’ia Glazunov, a Soviet painter who is also a foremost protagonist of that nationalism. The chief reason for this lack of scholarly interest lies in the fact that not only has Glazunov been a controversial figure but he was also accused of Russian chauvinism, anti-Semitism, and of being a KGB agent.