I enjoyed this to no end, and there is a high chance I will watch it repeatedly throughout my career and show it to others. It was refreshing to watch another british man wear a dress and speak some truth in a funny interesting way. Thank you Eddie Izzard.
There are two areas at the beginning that caught my attention, and a slew of parts of this interview but for this blog I will attempt to keep it short.
Perry is letting the art dictate the medium not the medium dictate the art. So by calling yourself a potter or ceramist it means this is your main goal in your respective art. He is a maker of art, and at certain times he feels the need to make things out of clay, whether it is a pot or vase does not matter, its the fact that he made it. All artist have these moments, I'm a sculptor, and upon occasion i feel the need to make vase. Does it make me a ceramicist? Of course not, I can enjoy ceramic related items without the need to change a degree plan. We as artist have to evolve past titles, it becomes translucent after a while only in the sense of we create. It does not matter what or how using a certain material, its the fact that we birth ideas.
I did enjoy his views on what is art, craftsmanship, talent and the view of the art world itself. Its like someone finally said how i have felt for years about things and when I made the smallest mention of it, I would get into so much trouble. Not everything is art because you say it is. His example was some guy trying to bomb a place said he was doing performance art. Its not art. Also how he could do anything and call it art because his name is attached. He wants art to be art, its a lovely place where skill, talent, and craftsmanship meet together and liberate thought. Some artist go unknown for their great works because its not signed and we do not know who made it, does it make it less art? No, not even a little. If anything we study it more, and respect it more as artist.
At this moment, after witnessing Grayson's brilliance, I now understand why Jesus Morales does not sign his stone work. Thank you Mr. Perry.
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