Road Kill Art
Julian SutterOrion Magazine had an article about this Road Kill Art. It is pretty weird stuff actually. As a former art major myself I sorta understand this guys view point.
So when I was an art student I was really not creative at all. In fact, what I learned was how to choose topics that were “artsy”. At our liberal arts/small school they tought us to find things that were different and make them ours.
I can TOTALLY understand someone seeing a squirrel on the ground and saying “wow. a dead animal.. i be I can make prints of that!
So is it a way for artists to take the easy road? Not at all. but it is something that we have to move beyond. I am 1 year into profit orriented design work, and I love it. however it was hard to break the “I have to be edgy” barrier.
All in all I think that its important to have people who make prints out of squirrels, but thats not me for sure.

