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Am I an Artist or an Artisan?
The English language is extremely rich, and provides the possibility of precise communication. Our language evolves rapidly, and while some new expressions emerge to describe modern life, many existing words have their common usage modified and corrupted. The term “Artist” provides a good example.
As a young boy, I dreamed of becoming an Artist, and that single word proficiently expressed my desire to paint and draw. Today I am a professional Artist, but have to qualify my title with an explanation.
My aging 1990 concise Oxford dictionary defines an “Artist” firstly as a painter (of pictures).
The word immediately before Artist is “Artisan”, meaning a skilled (manual) worker.
The word immediately after Artist is “Artiste”, meaning a professional performer, especially a singer or dancer.
The terms Artisan and Artiste are rarely used today. Our language has evolved, and “Artist” has become a generic word applied to any person who expresses their self through any medium.
The connection between artists and painting has become so diluted that the word is increasingly used to denote “skilled” people in non-"arts" activities, such as "scam artist" (a person very adept at deceiving others), "con artist" (a person very adept at committing fraud), and “p*ss artist” (a person very adept at drinking alcohol).
There is nothing inherently wrong with using the word “Artist” as an all-purpose title, but it does not effectively describe whether you paint, sing, dance, have a manual skill, or are about to empty the drinks cabinet!
So why is it that our language has evolved along these lines? Why would an Artiste or Artisan prefer to use a title that less adequately describes their skill, and invokes ambiguity?
Maybe the change has come about through ignorance, and falling standards of education? Could it be that people think Artiste is the French pronunciation of Artist? Well it is, but Artiste is also an English word with a different meaning – or it was!
Perhaps the change of language is a form of spin doctoring? My dictionary offers a further definition of an Artist as “a person who works with the dedication and attributes of an artist”. It’s not a very good definition, since it effectively it says that an Artist is “someone who works with the dedication and attributes of some one who works with dedication and attributes” (which is a bit like defining sticky tape as - tape that is sticky)! However, if someone is a singing artiste but prefers to be described as an Artist, they are really saying they are more than a singer because they perform with “dedication and attributes”?
Re-defining the word is possibly just a reflection of changing perceptions, and a growing acceptance that art is the act of creation/expression? If we agree to the modern view, which applauds the act of creation rather than the end product, we all become Artists, because we all create something at sometime. This shift of focus from the Artist’s product, to the creative/expressive process severs the necessity for skill, and the title “Artist” is available for use without fear of derision.
I create Portraits for a living. My artwork is not about me expressing my inner self, or being imaginative, but producing a likeness, and working to a client’s specifications. Maybe that makes me an Artisan: a skilled manual worker, and not an Artist after all?
Portraits by John Burton
About the Author
Portrait artist working mainly from clients' own photographs.
