What do artists actually do in real life? Television usually portrays artists sitting around in coffee shops having deep-and-meaningful conversations, swanning about in interesting clothes at art galleries, or having dramatic nervous breakdowns, usually connected to drugs and alcohol. Occasionally you'll find artists doing these things, but most of the time they'll be where they really need to be - in their studio, making art.
1. Artists Make Art
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Making art is the most important thing that artists do. Making installations, sculptures, animations, paintings, drawings, events, earthworks, performances, sketches, graffiti, presentations of found objects, photographs, videos, recordings. Art can take many forms, but with the exception of some conceptual art, art is the expression of an idea in some sort of physical form. Artist need to work consistently and produce a body of quality work, otherwise they are just wannabes and hangers-on.
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