On the Creative Review Blog artist/lecturer Lawrence Zeegan wrote the article 'Where is the content? Where is the comment?' after visiting the 'Pick Me Up' show, to question why designers seem to be making work which has no meaning and conveys no message.
Main points in discussion:
- Zeegan against crossing of pathways/creative approaches, illustration looked down upon by many in art world (commercial)
- 'Art' doesn't have to have a meaning, Illustration has to convey a meaning/message to the audience.
- Zeegan feels illustrations on products (bags, mugs, t-shirts etc.) should not continue- says that these things are meaningless. But the people who do this are doing it to live on, not something Zeegan would have to do in the position he is in now.
Is there room in the industry for decorative illustrations? Does it cheapen our work? Should we only illustrate issues?
-Illustrations on products is what the public wants- continue to buy them
- The work is out there for more people to enjoy
-Products bought and seen will also help illustrators gain a 'following'
'Artists' (fine art, graphic designers etc.) crossing over into other pathways isn't seen in the same way as they have 'profile', awards, a claim to making work with a higher meaning.
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