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Archive for May 17, 2006
On the life history of artists
David Galenson is an Economics Professsor at the University of Chicago. He studies how and when artists have made important contributions to the field in their careers. Conceptual artists produce innovation early in their careers because they have not yet been constrained by conventional thought or practice. Experimental artists continuously revise their process without specific goals in mind, according to Galenson. Innovation comes later in the experimental artists’ careers.
If artists are animals (they are), how do these findings point to different strategies for reproduction, biologically and in terms of making artwork? What are the benefits and disadvantages? Which is more stable?
