Jens Hoffman's Introduction/The Artist's Studio in an Expanded Field
How has the artist’s studio been imagined over history?
The artist's studio is is an imagined space that people like to think exists. It usually includes a lonely, isolated artist standing in front of their canvas. Usually this is in an empty attic or loft. There is a romanticism surrounding the artist's studio, and many people see it as the birthplace of art.
"Traditionally the studio has been considered the working space of artists, a place where artworks - conventionally mostly paintings or sculptures - are created." (Pg. 12)
How might the studio be described today?
Today an artist's studio can be anything/anywhere. It could be an easel, a desk, a floor space or even an outside space - anywhere art can be made.
"The studio is now that place where we know we can always find the artist when we need to, where she or he is always plugged in and online, always accessible to and by an every more integrates and ever more dispersed art world." (Pg. 17)
Many artists also drew inspiration from their studio space. Matisse is one artist that liked to paint his own studio space. I really enjoy Matisse's work and his own depictions of his studio.
Matisse in his studio, Vence, 1948.
"The Red Studio", Henri Matisse, 1911.
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