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Crisis in Representational Art: Competence, Craft, and Craftsmanship

Explore the contemporary crisis in representational art and the importance of skill and craftmanship in artistic practice. References from notable art critics and artists provide insights into the ongoing discourse. Will art survive the neglect of essential skills?

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Crisis in Representational Art: Competence, Craft, and Craftsmanship

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  1. Head & Whole 2: Talking Heads ‘Under the Skin’

  2. Competence, craft and crisis in representational art John Devane Head of Department of Design & Visual Arts Coventry School of Art & Design Coventry University j.devane@coventry.ac.uk

  3. References • Beech, D. (2005) The Art of Skill: Art Monthly Magazine p.1 • Elkins, J (2001) Why Art Cannot Be Taught. University of Illinois Press • Fuller, P. (1980) Beyond the Crisis in Art, Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative Ltd. London • Kitaj, R,B. (1980) The Artist’s Eye: an Exhibition selected by RB Kitaj. National Gallery publication, London • Madge, C & Weinberger, B. (1973) Art Students Observed. Faber & Faber, London • McCarthy, P. & Sherlock, G. (2001) Drawing: An Image-Making Approach, The International Journal of Art & Design, 20.3, Blackwell Publishing, UK • Petry, M. (2012) The Art of not making: The new artist/artisan relationship. Thames and Hudson, London • Podro, M. (1998) Depiction, Yale University Press • Weibel, P. (2006)The Museum of the Future p173, Did Someone Say Participate? An Atlas of Spatial Practice, Revolver Books

  4. Crisis in art? • ‘Modern art generally ignores skills and crafts, or assumes they are not necessary.’ • ‘More people can see the crisis, so things will begin to happen. So I am a little optimistic; if you recognise the crisis, something can be done about it. But it is serious.’ David Hockney in conversation with Peter Fuller in 1977. Fuller, P. (1980) Beyond the Crisis in Art, Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative Ltd. London

  5. Gustave Courbet : The Artist’s Studio (L’ Atelier du peintre) A Real Allegory of a Seven Year Phase in my Artistic and Moral Life. 1855 359cm x 598cm. Oil on canvas: Musee d’Orsay

  6. Picasso

  7. Debunking Mythology

  8. Can art be taught?

  9. Damien Hirst: Two Weeks One Summer: Two parrots (2010) ‘Each of these paintings – from the parrot in a cage to the blossoms and butterflies – takes on the difficulties of representational painting and visibly fails to come close, not merely to mastery, but to basic competence.’ Jonathan Jones: Guardian review of Damien Hirst: Two weeks one summer 22/05/2012 White Cube Bermondsey

  10. David Hockney: A Bigger Picture, Royal Academy of Arts, London 2012 “All the works here were made by the artist himself, personally”

  11. Gerhard Richter: Nude Descending the staircase

  12. Gerhard Richter

  13. Odd Nerdrum

  14. Odd Nerdrum

  15. Neo Rauch: 2002

  16. Adrian Ghenie: The Collector

  17. Final year student Kookmin University Seoul

  18. Any questions?

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