Art in times of crisis
I don’t want to make art as an act of duty, I want to make it as an act of care.
“The object of art is not to make salable pictures. It is to save yourself.” Sherwood Anderson
What does it mean to make art in times of crisis? How are artists supposed to balance the daily struggles of making art in a capitalist society, the joy of making art, and creative freedom? What is the artist’s role in times of crisis?
These are some of the questions that have been navigating my mind in the last few weeks, as the world recoils in pain. In my research, I came across an interview where artist Nina Simone states that:
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