graffiti on building by Street Artist, Banksy
We've been talking about how being an artist requires taking risks.
My last blogpost featured a guest post by Musican, Arts Pastor, Author, Manuel Luz, where he posed a question to artists about risk taking with art. He challenged us to respond about how we take risks in our artmaking.
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I want to continue the conversation about risk taking and art. So I've added here Manuel's next post which is a compilation of comments from artists (including myself) who answered his challenge and his question on that first post.
Read this blogpost how many of us artists (including myself) answered a question posed by Musician, Arts Pastor, Author of "Imagine That", Manuel Luz about taking risks with art:
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I also want to include some dialogue with a couple of well known artists who have taken risk to another level. Not only are they risking their lifestyles and reputations, but they are also risking global ramifications to speak a message through their artforms.
Watch this video of French Street Artist JR as he shows and tells how he takes risks with his large scale global street art to help communities and governments around the world wrestle with change:
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*there is some profane language in this video
Read this article interview with performance artist Trek Thunder Kelly about the risks he takes with performance art to help people think differently:
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Do you think being an artist requires risk? Are you an artist? What risks have you taken or are you taking? Care to join the conversation?
