Vivek Shraya Quotes About Art

Quotes about: Art

• Art can sometimes be separate from the artist.

  Vivek Shraya

  Art, Artist, Sometimes

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• I have always considered the aesthetic of a project, including press photos, as a means to further the message of the art itself.

  Vivek Shraya

  Art, Mean, Messages

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• I feel like I have had to catch up to the art I've made, and learn from the protagonists I have written, especially in relation to gender.

  Vivek Shraya

  Art, Gender, Made

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• As a brown artist, I have mixed feelings about my relationship to art and my "responsibilities" post-Trump.

  Vivek Shraya

  Art, Responsibility, Feelings

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• As much as I believe in the capacity for art to create change, and as much as being an artist is physically and emotionally challenging, there is ultimately something a bit comfortable about making art in the comfort of your own home.

  Vivek Shraya

  Art, Believe, Home

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• I have dedicated a significant portion of my time and artistry to making art that addresses various forms of oppression, including white supremacy, misogyny, and biphobia.

  Vivek Shraya

  Art, White, Addresses

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• I do use art as a site of protest, particularly in relation to dominant narratives.

  Vivek Shraya

  Art, Use, Narrative

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• I have been and continue to be committed to art as a tool to ignite, comfort, and discomfort.

  Vivek Shraya

  Art, Comfort, Tools

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• In my thirties, I have felt a greater urgency to make art that highlights what it feels like to be racialized, likely due to living in a country that obscures our racism with the idea of "multiculturalism."

  Vivek Shraya

  Country, Art, Ideas

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• I would love to see more dialogue around the "responsibilities" of art consumers - how can audiences better financially support artists we love, artists who are doing the work, so that artists have a more solid foundation upon which to make art?

  Vivek Shraya

  Art, Responsibility, Support

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

• If anything, I have witnessed the ways my art travels, or is rendered more accessible, when sanctioned by or connected to white artists.

  Vivek Shraya

  Art, White, Way

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• My art career often feels less like an art career and more like a career in educating, usually by using my body.

  Vivek Shraya

  Art, Careers, Body

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• I am more likely to get paid for my art if it's presented alongside a white artist, so the questions around value and agency arise: What choices should I make, or do I have to make, if I want to be compensated for my work? Why isn't my art valued on its own?

  Vivek Shraya

  Art, Agency, White

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

• It's exciting to consider how art, in its ability to reveal, can be ahead of the artist.

  Vivek Shraya

  Art, Artist, Exciting

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• Despite the fact that I'm not highly skilled in any visual art, aesthetics have always played a strong role in my art, including my first albums.

  Vivek Shraya

  Art, Strong, Albums

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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