Wednesday, January 31, 2018

creating

When it comes to creating something, does production or vision count more?

If I conceptualize a really great sculpture, and can draw it, but I hire someone else to sculpt it, is that sculpture MY art? Should I share the credit? Or do I put only my name on it?

What if I'm a  successful painter, and I loose the use of my arm and can't paint anymore. I can still be creative though. Can I describe a painting to another person and hire them to paint it? Should that painting bare my name, or the person who painted it? Do we share the credit?

How should that work?

I was wondering about that because of something I read recently, about Dale Chihuly. 
You can see his work, here;


He hasn't been able to do any kind of glass work for decades. He has a team of artists do it for him. But it's his name that goes on everything. I'm sure he pays his team well, but still. They aren't really getting any credit for their hard work. That doesn't seem fair to me. 

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