Is it necessary to have a BFA and a MFA to become an established artist in India? Does art education play an important role? Is is necessary to have a degree and masters in your portfolio description for people to appreciate your paintings.
Can a self taught artist become an established artist if he has great talent? If he holds exhibition after exhibition, and on the strenght of his art alone, can he prove his art to the world, that education is not everything, inborn talent can also prevail.
Hi there,
Here in western europe, art educations only teach you some way of thinking. You don’t learn how to paint at all. People do look at the resume, but it helps more when they like your work.
If you practice a lot on your own effort, you can gain skills and develop your own style. Of course talent helps. But you also need to practice every day.
Check my website to read more on painting, if you want to: http://www.painting-ideas-and-techniques.com
Good luck, Evelien
30.March, 2010 um 8:45 pm
Art is art my friend. Van gough painting in a run down shack and died poor. Andy warhol practised in bed with a pen and some magazines.
Picasso taught himself from a young age. Don’t worry about education, if you are a good artist, the attention will be brought to you.
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30.March, 2010 um 9:02 pm
Hi there,
Here in western europe, art educations only teach you some way of thinking. You don’t learn how to paint at all. People do look at the resume, but it helps more when they like your work.
If you practice a lot on your own effort, you can gain skills and develop your own style. Of course talent helps. But you also need to practice every day.
Check my website to read more on painting, if you want to: http://www.painting-ideas-and-techniques.com
Good luck, Evelien
References :
30.March, 2010 um 9:17 pm
It is possible to establish an artistic career without holding any formal academic qualifications in art, the problem with that unfortunately is that many galleries, commissioners and curatorial event organisers find it less attractive hosting art by untrained artists as they see it. Usually people gain B.A and M.A qualifications when they seek to enquire into their chosen art study field and learn to focus into a particular line of enquiry, also taking the taught M.A route will often help a student become aware in their own practise identity and the ability for recognising consequences of poor decision making which can make or break an emerging artist in formative years.
I wouldn’t say qualifications are important for the making process unless you seek to study an applied arts media such as ceramics, surface patternation or textiles for example, the formality of training is geared to help a student become self aware and discover potentials within themselves, something of course which is best guided by experienced mentors and tutors.
Edit:
Picasso was not self taught, he attended art school in Madrid before moving to Paris in 1900.
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B.A (Hons) Fine Art sculpture. M.A Fine Art, M.Phil Art in Social Context, currently undertaking pHd fellowship