Artist Lecture Response

I attended the lecture last week, The WORK or Art. Janet did a good job of showing a large volume of work and exposing us to the great efforts that artists go to to create artwork. She explained that art is not always about the end product, but can be more concerned with process. She focused some on process as concept. She featured many artists that blow your mind with the intense amount of time that they have spent creating their work. I was really intrigued by the initial video we saw. It seemed absurd to see these beautiful and well crafted sculptures crash to the ground. Once she began speaking it became apparent that that video was demonstrating that the process is what is important, not the longevity of the product. I was amazed by the dedication and stamina that many of the artists shown have. I saw a lot of gorgeous and inspiring work. It was also cool to hear an explaination of tara donovan's work because I find her work really amazing.