Breathing Contemporary Art

“Art production is seemingly indemnified from even a cursory mention of the notion of ‘art as pollutant’ among the industry’s numerous public platforms for dialogue, and the best you are likely to hear from an artist is a mumbled apology as their work heads for the garbage at the conclusion of an installation”. As Jason Workman stated this quote in his “Breathing Contemporary Art” article, people and society never considerate “art as pollutants” because most people don’t see it obviously in public and some of it are imperceptible. Though, some of the artists wanted to voice out their uneasiness of this wastes and pollutions, they just ignore it due to their frequent demands from the gallery owner to finish their art works within a short period of time. “On the one hand you have demand, and on the other an absence of perspective concerning the consequences of meeting these demands”, stated by Jason Workman. Other than that, to avoid shortages of mixed materials during their artwork is in process, artist usually over-mix the materials and finally throw the remaining as waste due to its contamination, chemical reaction, and size in the case of an off-cut being unsuitably small. When excessive at material is considered as waste, its aesthetic and creative appearance stands out more than the materials that had been wasted. Besides that, artists nowadays commit a lot of time in their artworks because of the high demands for contemporary art. They forcefully committing their time to finish the works before deadlines they had been given, but not doing it willingly.
As an art student, I do use a lot of papers but it is for a good reason and never usually become a waste material. But, as a student in general, I do use a lot of papers to submit my assignments, projects, etc. In my opinion, it is a waste of paper as it could be submitted online. However, as an art student, I seldom felt that way. We need and require papers to draw, paint, etc. unless we do it in graphics. But at the same time, one shouldn’t use an excessive amount of it and waste them. If a chemist know how much chemical they need for a reaction to happen, an artist/ art student should know how much/ many material do they need to do their artwork. I don’t feel Northwestern College’s Art Department students’ are wasting the materials excessively compare to Jason Workman’s workplace as the professors are guiding the students of what materials to use and how to use it.
Furthermore, art is something that is fun and mind relaxing for me. I would like to do my artwork at leisure without someone forcing me to do it within a short period of time. Art turns out better if one gets really involved in it and without rushing it. Therefore, I believe that one should allocate a certain period of time to do an artwork by getting involved in it without hastening and not for the sake of fulfilling a class’s requirement. At the same time, one should not commit or waste a lot of time in an artwork.
Besides that, I agree with Jason Workman’s perspective because artists should not waste materials just to create a beautiful artwork. As I mentioned before, an artist should be able to know how much material they need to complete an artwork, just as a chemist know how much chemical to use for a reaction to happen. Using excessive hazardous materials and wasting it is indirectly bad for health and polluting the air as well. Other than that, working life are usually very busy and tensed. However, I believe art is something that need be enjoyed. Therefore, the gallery owner or people should not force and pressure the artists to do it quickly because of the frequent demands and just for the sake of earning money.