About a year ago I had an interview at Central St. Martins for their Fine Art BA programme, the unsuccessful nature of which I'm not so sure was such a lamentable thing.
After portfolio examinations they put up a list of those they wanted to interview, and lo and behold my name was on it. So when I was looking through my work with them, one of the men asked me if I'd been taught how to paint. I said no, I taught myself, and the man, rather bewildered, said, 'It's not every day you come across someone with natural talent.'
Let me remind you, I didn't get in. So what kind of people are they accepting on their courses? People without talent obviously. What does that say about the art world? Talent is no longer an important factor? Well why on earth be an artist if you can't paint or sculpt or draw, even? The answer goes back to my previous blog post, only the IDEA is what matters, it doesn't matter how shabbily you demonstrate it. What nonsense.
After portfolio examinations they put up a list of those they wanted to interview, and lo and behold my name was on it. So when I was looking through my work with them, one of the men asked me if I'd been taught how to paint. I said no, I taught myself, and the man, rather bewildered, said, 'It's not every day you come across someone with natural talent.'
Let me remind you, I didn't get in. So what kind of people are they accepting on their courses? People without talent obviously. What does that say about the art world? Talent is no longer an important factor? Well why on earth be an artist if you can't paint or sculpt or draw, even? The answer goes back to my previous blog post, only the IDEA is what matters, it doesn't matter how shabbily you demonstrate it. What nonsense.
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