Sunday Artist: On Art and Professionalism

• Main Author: NUGRAHA RAMADHAN (NIM : 17012018), RIZAL
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/24055
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

The idea for this final project started from the author’s concern for the lack of clear <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> definition of professionalism in art. After deskilling, artist no longer expected to <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> master any particular skill or technique. From this condition arise the problem of <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> defining professionalism in art. The author sees that in practice professionalism often <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> get mixed up with careerism; some artists are more concerned for the advancement <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> of their career in the art field by referring to market standard, and by doing so it <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> counts as being professional. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Through this artwork, titled “Sunday Artist: on Art and Professionalism” the author <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> aim to deliver a new prespective to the audience that modes of production in art <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> could affect our aestethic or artistic standard as art practicians. And perhaps by <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> stepping out of those professional standard we could discover the possibilities of a <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> more interesting aesthetic.. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Based on that idea, the author wants to take this issue into a visual artwork in the <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> form of sloppy, amateurish ceramic objects. These ceramics are taking the form of <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> iconic artworks and pop culture character as representation of how the author try to <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> look at art practice from an amateur pint of view. These object then arranged in a <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> disarray manner on tables to emphasize the domestic, measly and trivial looks of this <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> artwork