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That's so interesting! And strange!
by state 9y ago
That's so interesting! And strange!
- egypturnash 9y agoThere's a balance to strike between "wanting everyone working under you to implement exactly your vision", "wanting everyone working under you to make something more amazing by throwing their own ideas in". An important part of finding this balance is deciding exactly how much you trust your underlings to know enough about what the hell they're doing so that they don't do anything dumb, and to have a vision closely enough aligned with yours that their attempts at improving your ideas usually make you delighted. Clearly Sachs is not willing to extend much trust to people he is just now hiring to work in his studio. Like, would you be happy with an intern fresh out of school who decided to roll their own crypto instead of interfacing to the library you told them to?
- semi-extrinsic 9y agoSachs also got burnt by "outsourcing" on his 1998 "SONY Outsider" installation, which neither he nor art critics were happy with after it was completed.
- theoh 9y agoBear in mind that an artist's USP is their personal charisma and creativity. The assistant's job is to elaborate based on an initial invention by the artist. None of the assistant's personality/aura/talent should manifest in work that gets signed by the artist. It's not a good situation but it's standard among big nane artists (Koons is notorious for strictness, afaicr)