Phillip Glahn

This speaker was very interesting and engaging compared to the first speakers.  His had an enthusiastic and informal attitude toward the lecture and made it very digestible for us.  He showed us a lot of art which I enjoyed.  The lecturer talked a bit about deskilling in relation to art and technology.  Where is the artist’s work in a piece? Did he really do anything that required training or skill?  Does an artist NEED training or skill? All of these are very worthy of discussion.  I feel skill is very good to have in art but in many cases is not necessary. I find that those who have those skills are very easily frustrated by art that is of a “de-skilled” nature.  I would like to think that after 4 years of art school I will be more likely to come up with some great work but the fact is that some one off the street with a good idea and zero training can be the next big thing.  That’s just life though. Phillip Glahn was a great speaker and I hope to have class with him at some point as I’ve heard he’s a great professor as well.