Unlike many other lectures that begin somewhat awkwardly on some tangent this one began at the beginning; when she (Chris) first began to get into art. It's amazing that until now I haven't really thought of the artist lectures as about the "artists" that host them. Sometimes we have an art historian or professor do a lecture and they talk about others' art. This one really emphasized that fact; this was her individual path to where she was now and this is how she did it. I liked that. On top of that her work was very good and I understand how she got to be so revered. It seems she floats between different themes she gets obsessed with. It's not particularly about "concept" but she does have an opinion about her work, and why she does it. I also like that- making art about what you like- not necessarily about something that has to challenge an ideology.
Looking at it this way, she went from this:
To this:
and this:
That's pretty boss, if you ask me. Although she didn't have any direct advice for us young artist, it's interesting to see how she progressed and how much luck and always having access to a studio and working is important. As well as making little practice art things before really huge things. Ironically, I also heard of 5sec films today, which is kinda that same idea of making something small and condensed before something big.
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