Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 288 pages
- Published by: Allworth Press November 1, 2000
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 158115075X
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1581150759
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Book Dimensions:
9.8 x 6.8 x 0.7 inches
- Weighs: 1.3 pounds
Reader Reviews
Heller and Arisman are two School of Visual Arts (NY) professors who have achieved much in their careers. The conversation/interview between them is the strongest, most educational and most inspiring part of the book. Brad Holland writes a detailed (but dry) description of the history of stock houses, the direction they are moving in now and how that relates to working artists. Educational. A very large portion of the book is a collection of art excercises useful to teachers creating curriculum or artists without the ability to direct themselves in the production of work. I found this area to be mildly interesting, but quite useless to me as an illustrator. Teachers often tend to create excercises they would do very well themselves, but don't necessarily draw out the uniqueness of the individuals they are teaching. Success as an artist is following your own values of what a successful peice of art or illustration is. I would have liked to read the perspectives of a more varied cross section of artists in addition to the New York city old guard. There is so much innovation happening in this field. To bemoan the fact that things aren't what they were, shows a lack of awareness of what the younger generation of artists do. Jump fences. "I design my students to destroy me." John Maeda of MIT Media Lab "You are the next Picassos." Sheridan College Faculty addressing the class in my foundation year 5 years ago.
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