Experimental Artist Statement

Read the following three readings by influential artists Louise Bourgeois and Agnes Martin in which they provide insights into their practice in philosophical, narrative, indirect, and poetic ways.

• Louise Bourgeois, I am a woman with no secrets Louise Bourgeois, I am a woman with no secrets


• Louise Bourgeois Statements 1979  Louise Bourgeois Statements 1979


• Agnes Martin, Writings Agnes Martin, Writings
 (This one is a little long, it's OK to skim.)

Make note of how they use nontraditional language to represent both their work and themselves. Thank about how you can get creative with language to represent your work and yourself as an artist. How can you represent your work without going so far as to fully explain it? How can you convey the feelings and affects in your work? What are some stories or biographical anecdotes that influence your artistic thinking? Are there poetic ways of using the page that are appropriate for the kind of work you make?

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