Thread: Only artists with a masters degree can create art

Someone just paid $US1.8m for a pickled sheep in a tank. I think that is really good value. Just think of the electricity you're saving.

Originally Posted by nadcarves

Thought I would have some fun,went to an art show put on by a college and a tenured ARTIST said, Only artists having a Masters Degree in Art (or higher) have the background to CREATE art .Now,before you go jumping off the bridge into the fog bank,think about what he said,and the possible reasons for saying what he said.And,with that,I will retire to the Tornado shelter and watch what happens.. cordially nad

I see Pro Hart didn't have a masters degree, neither did Gauguin or most of the MASTERS. Other mediums, Photography - Ansel Adams didn't neither did George Western...... humm I also note that the most acclaimed ART photographers don't either. Sculpture - names escape just now but those that are the most highly regarded around the world don't/didn't have ANY DEGREE!

This is typical of some WANKER who can't create art but is a proficient/professional student. What one-man shows has he/she put on & what did the reviews say?

Art is like wine to me. Some I like some I don't. I take a deep breath and move on, perhaps there are some others that should do the same.

Pete

life is the best eduction for any artist
l have said it befor in other post creativity pays more than joinery
as you say some have it some dont

Originally Posted by Doughboy

Art is like wine to me. Some I like some I don't. I take a deep breath and move on, perhaps there are some others that should do the same.

Pete

Art may be like wine, but this thread hasn't gotten any better since it started 4 years ago.....

Originally Posted by Wongo

Do you know nowadays even a hairdresser needs a uni degree? Not sure bachelor of what but you do need one.

Bachelor of "folly culls"! ha ha

Okay to further keep this old thread moving along... For an early birthday pressy an artist presented me with this work


"Shanes Ship" By Victoria Eyre (1956 - )

Victoria aside from being my elder sister is also a very talented artist in Broome and is co-partners in a gallery there she has also been a teacher/lecturer in art and pottery at the local TAFE for the past year and is about to loose her position there due to... no tertiary qualifications! In other words because she doesnt have a bloody degree they are terminating her position which by the way she loves

Funny how some of the most stunning works are done by those without qualifications isnt it?

I've got to jump in on this one....I'm on the educated end of all of this and I am an educator, my degree is in Industrial Arts and my goal was to pass on my love of woodworking to young folks that had an interest or desire in that kind of thing. When I went to college, I possessed several years of experience in woodworking, metalworking, auto mechanics, jig and fixture fabrication, machine maintenance.....etc. Well, I could have taught most of the classes that I had to endure. The goal is to put up with the BS to get a BS!!!. It's not that I couldn't do what was asked, I didn't have a piece of paper that said I could.
I still get aggravated thinking about it and now, I see people coming out of college with less experience and NO common sense and because these folks graduate from a particular school or college, their merit seems to be that much more credible....I don't think I understand...nor want to. Like my wife sez "if you can't fix it, move on."

I think I heard the dinner bell....
mobjack68

So many clods have got degrees these days that they are not clever enough to recognise that a degree is not proof of intelligense

Originally Posted by echnidna

So many clods have got degrees these days that they are not clever enough to recognise that a degree is not proof of intelligense

A friend of mine (trade teacher with a few degrees) refers to the 'society of overeducated idiots'.
Canberra, the big white place under the lawn, would know something of this.

Art Shmart. lots of wrist action in this thread. BTW art wankerism also exists in the woody side. One particular canberra based turner is full of it (And I dont mean skill - he OBVIOUSLY has that in spades!)

But the improtant thing on this thread is WHY IS KENMIL posting ??????? Or better yet which Moderator is posting in his name ??? Eh?>?????

In a similar vein, in USA, Florida A&M Uni has a stellar reputation for their undergraduate business school. Most of the faculty are veterans of industry, and know how things are done in the real world. Unfortunately, they don't have PhD's. The powers that be decided this could jeopardize the school's accreditation, so a few months ago, about eight of them got the sack. Their lawsuit about severance and contract terms is still pending, I think.

Joe

Gee ,we Aussies are real smart. We have a thread started by a yank 4 years ago and we are now exchange thoughts because another yank has just found the thread.

Originally Posted by schaf

Gee ,we Aussies are real smart. We have a thread started by a yank 4 years ago and we are now exchange thoughts because another yank has just found the thread.

Well if you would quit burying these good ones "down under" we yanks could find'em lol