Artist Statement as Artifact

On writing artist statements, A Wisdom Body Series

Photo by amy bobeda

In the summer of 2008, I enrolled in Writing for Artists at UCSC. Taught by Christina Waters, a local journalist whose name was (any likely still is) always a byline in the Goodtimes, we spent the summer writing and rewriting short statements about artwork. We watched Andy Goldsworthy’s Rivers and Tides. We probably also talked…