I thought I had finished for now but I couldn't resist this :-)
Jaques Giard said:
> this
> latter attitude is often located in design programs within
> art schools where drawings, at least for artists, is not a
> means to an end but the end itself.
If Jaques can tell me where these art schools are I'd be pleased to go and see. Here the problem is that fine art has abandoned its
traditional crafts almost totally, not without reason if one looks at the public and financial success that many young British artists
enjoy, but it does mean that it's often the design department that is the last place where drawing is taken seriously. If anybody thinks
that proves we are a bunch of hopeless dinosaurs they need to go back and look at the arguments in this session for drawing as learning and
thinking.
Clearly there are a lot of cultural variations at work across our different communities and I don't think we all mean the same thing by "Art
School", Jaques has a wider perspective than most of us so I trust his observations but I'm not so sure about some of the sweeping
statements we have heard.
I do remember one fellow student who decided that his design drawings were of value in themselves (they probably were, he was just a
terrific craftsman all round) and sold some of his degree show work but he is my only example of that in 20 years - and he went on to be a
very successful designer indeed, working all over the world for big serious manufacturers so it was hardly a problem.
Best wishes from Sheffield
Chris
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Professor Chris Rust
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Sheffield Hallam University
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