6 Common Excuses Holding Artists Back from Success (& How To Fix Them)

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  • @KeithBrighouse-r3k
    @KeithBrighouse-r3k หลายเดือนก่อน +56

    I do have a good friend who at 50 decided she wanted to be artist and regretted letting so many years pass without taking any steps towards her ambition. To her being an artist was first and foremost having the right attitude and making art that was meaningful and honest to herself. She achieved in a few years what many artists take 10-20 years to achieve. She does have the attitude and dedication and I've total respect for her as she knew no one in the art world, nor did she know much about art other than she wanted to make art when she began. She now exhibits and is very articulate when discussing art so it is possible to start late without a formal education in art. You have to want it.

    • @dr_shrinker
      @dr_shrinker หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Great story. What city does she live in?

    • @KeithBrighouse-r3k
      @KeithBrighouse-r3k หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@dr_shrinker Den Haag and Friesland.

    • @FreyaBeyond2012
      @FreyaBeyond2012 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      She may also have had something meaningful to express at 50 that wasn't ready to be shared or didn't exist for her earlier in life.

    • @contemporaryartissue
      @contemporaryartissue  หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Great story! These are stories that are not shared enough in my opinion. Thank you for sharing, as always! 🙏

    • @LucyLouMinou
      @LucyLouMinou หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@contemporaryartissue
      True.

  • @RetroRevolution_2025
    @RetroRevolution_2025 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Long-time watcher - first time subscriber - You just rise to the top for great quality videos !! Thank you CAI

  • @martinmas8853
    @martinmas8853 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Always clear, bold, and direct. You do an amazing job. Thank you!

  • @ifychiejina1292
    @ifychiejina1292 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Thank you very much for this video! Putting together these common excuses and dismantling them is helpful. I'm thankful for the community this space provides 🙏🏾💜.

    • @contemporaryartissue
      @contemporaryartissue  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Amen! Happy to hear you've found value in our videos. I'm thankful for your interest and support 🙏

  • @jamiesherman8164
    @jamiesherman8164 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    As always, plenty of very useful information to help,us along our art career. Many thanks! 😊

    • @contemporaryartissue
      @contemporaryartissue  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The pleasure is all mine, and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

  • @neilschaeffer676
    @neilschaeffer676 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Thank you,Julian, for another clear-eyed and informative video. CAI is my top channel for artists on TH-cam. Well done!

  • @grozdavranic6972
    @grozdavranic6972 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Great advice. Thank you for sharing.

  • @proteusaugustus
    @proteusaugustus หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Your art is only as good as your vision. That's why doing it to make money is an art itself; like that guy Picasso. He knew how to sell himself. You do it because you must. I do it to communicate my thoughts and visions. 4:16

  • @cloudsofsunset7323
    @cloudsofsunset7323 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    On the point of "I don't have enought time to be an artist" You speak of something I've been pondering about.
    How often shall an artist move around, try to make conections, apply for open contest and oportunities.
    Might as well be another video!

  • @InspireHealthSystem
    @InspireHealthSystem หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fantastic advice, thank you! 😊❤️ Love the idea of work-life-art balance, it’s brilliant & practical!

    • @contemporaryartissue
      @contemporaryartissue  หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's a game-changer and gives you some "peace" too. Wishing you all the best!

  • @rhyscousins
    @rhyscousins หลายเดือนก่อน

    As always, thank you for the great information and reassurance!

  • @Akentrophyta
    @Akentrophyta หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Great encouragement! Going to start calling you #Coach 😉

  • @joebroart
    @joebroart หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I can sense the massive cope coming from the comment section. Thank you once again for your valuable videos, I wish you much success in what you do julien 🙏🏻

    • @contemporaryartissue
      @contemporaryartissue  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      For now we're doing all right in the comments, could've been worse 😅 Thank you so much for your kind words. I greatly appreciate it.

  • @leahshuman
    @leahshuman หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    this is so encouraging, thank u

  • @manjamccade
    @manjamccade หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you so much for this video 🙂

  • @debbieslowey
    @debbieslowey หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    once again= spot on!

  • @DionFarrier-rt4fv
    @DionFarrier-rt4fv 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is the gratest art related chanel i sware

  • @loriwakefield1
    @loriwakefield1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Good advice Julien 😎👾❤💛💙✌

    • @contemporaryartissue
      @contemporaryartissue  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you, Lori, I trust you are doing well! ❤🙌

    • @loriwakefield1
      @loriwakefield1 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@contemporaryartissue I finely got a small one women show in march! I hope your art career and business is busy ❤

  • @M.O.1981
    @M.O.1981 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Excellent. Thank you.

  • @kama_reis
    @kama_reis 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Your dog is so cool :)

  • @damienservant2051
    @damienservant2051 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for this positive vibes !

  • @JSnyderArt
    @JSnyderArt หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Fantastic advice!

  • @lauraleesimons1966
    @lauraleesimons1966 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you!

  • @LucyLouMinou
    @LucyLouMinou หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Well said. 👍

  • @mariehamm
    @mariehamm หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank you Julien for your sm'ARTips!

    • @contemporaryartissue
      @contemporaryartissue  หลายเดือนก่อน

      The pleasure is all mine, thank you for tuning in and wishing you a great day!

  • @Wunderhof
    @Wunderhof หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I`d like to add, that maybe a shift in perspective might be useful. If art is your professional calling, why should getting rich and famous be the only goal that would give you the most satisfaction? Every community, be it large or small, needs artists who have ideas, give inspiration. So if you set your goal to be a useful member of your community and make a decent living of it, that makes it a lot easier. I`ve been a working artist for over 30 years in a rural aera and could never complain about lack of work. Of course here you have to follow the same rules as in big cities. You have to put ypur work out, you have to go to social events, you have to meet people. But that is so much easier in small communities. And of course, you have to see yourself as self-employed. Meaning, either you apply for jobs or you create projects and offers that are of interest to your community. For me, teaching art was always a big part of my work, but also creating things like artistic nature trails, curating exhibitions or actions for city events.

    • @contemporaryartissue
      @contemporaryartissue  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Spot on! Thank you for sharing this here; most relevant and inspiring!

  • @JamesRobinson-t3g
    @JamesRobinson-t3g หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for the forecast! Just a quick off-topic question: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). What's the best way to send them to Binance?

  • @gfok
    @gfok หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    05:00 Artist has a day job is totally normal, lets keep it real.

    • @contemporaryartissue
      @contemporaryartissue  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Absolutely!

    • @crochetomania
      @crochetomania หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ok, so as a female artist I have a role in my family business that usually takes about 30+ hours a week of unpaid “helping out”, my 15 hour a week paid job as an art tutor and all the evenings with my kids. So in order to create my art I just not sleep, or don’t socialise. Great advise from a male community. Thank you so much.

    • @gfok
      @gfok หลายเดือนก่อน

      Like the previous video mentioned, there are more than enough artists and arts in this world for all the galleries and museums to handle,no one force us to do it,, everyone got their own struggles and grievances, there are plenty of art grant, competition and residency, gotta find your way unless miracles happen that UBI becomes a real thing, but then again I’m not sure it’s a good thing.

    • @contemporaryartissue
      @contemporaryartissue  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@crochetomania How is this a male community? I understand the struggle, I experience it myself every single day. 50+ hours per week for CAI, having a daughter to care for and spend time with, at least as much as my wife, who also works full time, failing badly in terms of social life, sleep deprivation, and the list goes on, while also being an artist and having deadlines for exhibitions throughout the year. It's hard, but I love it, and I want it. Having good habits as described in this video has been the trick for me to find structure and consistency. Wishing you all the best

    • @jppaul1261
      @jppaul1261 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@contemporaryartissue Nice respectful reply. I agree 100% since my schedule is equally convoluted. I'm the primary caregiving parent of a teenager on the Autism spectrum and a work-at-home husband largely due to the overwhelming hours and transient working locations of my wife's career. It was our choice of responsibility delegation, so the whole "it's a man's world" excuse is particularly disappointing.
      Besides, in my years in the art world after many more in academics and the corporate jungle, I've found no community that is more welcoming and accommodating than the 21st-century visual art world to women, to the LGBTQ+ world, to minorities, and to global citizens from all corners of the planet. In my experience, no other community is less bothered by someone else's origin, color, sex, age, wealth, education, or social standing than the art world.

  • @itkapatanka
    @itkapatanka หลายเดือนก่อน

    5:05 I remember years ago a friend of mine had lessons from David Hockney who asked his students, if you had only $500 (?) left for that month do you spend it on rent or art? My friend said all the students said rent. 'Wrong answer' said Hockney, the millionaire artist.

  • @TheArtMonk-s5r
    @TheArtMonk-s5r หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Excuses don't get results. As the quote goes: "The great artists are just the crappy artists who never gave up."

  • @mozartwa1
    @mozartwa1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    it's all very well to talk about creative enthusiasm while sitting in a well-fed and sleepy belgium... but i know several artists who went to prison for their creative enthusiasm and some of them even paid an exorbitant price for their creativity - with their lives... you should go to syria, venezuela, north korea or even closer - to eastern europe, where everything is not like in belgium..

  • @user123-u5q
    @user123-u5q หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    if you're reading this, statisticly, you're not gonna make it. that's just the way it is. if you're making art beacause you want to "make it" then you've already started set to frustration. do it because you love it and you cant live without it. if you're looking for approval or likes, you're just one more of the same.

  • @Az-jt2zp
    @Az-jt2zp 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Do you think it's possible for someone who has never been involved with art until later in life? I've had a completely different career altogether and I work full time

  • @marypartridge5154
    @marypartridge5154 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I had done art at school then college but after that I did nothing to do with art. Then four years ago in my late 60's I just started painting. I took them to be framed and was embarrassed to show my art. The framer lady an artist herself encourager me to enter the Regional Art Prize. I put in a monkey I painted in my made up colours. Can you imagine how I felt when I won the prize. The Judge said that he did not like art copied from photographs. Then last year I entered again and won again. The last painting I entered was a whacks painting of the virgin Mary with a Donkey and the Donkey was farting. So I called it Mary and the Farting Donkey. People love gimmicks and novelty. And if you look at all the well known artists today they all have their own particular gimmick. And once they do one painting with the gimmick they keep repeating this. Cecily Brown comes to mind. And it has a lot to do with the ability to compose original material.

    • @rohitmadashri7250
      @rohitmadashri7250 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cecily Brown is a gimmick? What is a gimmick, and what is a style?

    • @contemporaryartissue
      @contemporaryartissue  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Originality and humor are important indeed. However, the continuous repeating of one particular gimmick is not always true. Feel free to watch our video on this channel discussing style and consistency, pointing out most established artists actually have a very diverse practice-with a couple of trademarks of course. Have a great day

  • @rsu1367
    @rsu1367 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    As someone who has an art degree, it was of no help at all. I wish I had never gone to college. The instructors were misleading, gave almost no clues about the art world, etc. It didn't even help with networking. There was no point in an art degree for me.

  • @nickrodis6862
    @nickrodis6862 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Salamat po INRI

  • @peterossartanddesign
    @peterossartanddesign หลายเดือนก่อน

    nice

  • @FloralShoppingCard
    @FloralShoppingCard หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Consume as much as high art as possible. If you can not understand it, you might think about looking for a different career path." For years i can not wrap my head around the praise and appeal for Anne Imhof. Am i too dumb or too uneducated to understand her? Im serious. I do not get it. To me its like a middle class kid acting between being overly "intellectual" and 90s heroin fashion vibe working class culture. Its a farce to me.

    • @contemporaryartissue
      @contemporaryartissue  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Of course, you cannot like everything-I don't either. But don't focus on the one or two artists you don't like and renounce contemporary art in general; focus on the ones you do like and understand to learn from and figure out if the art world is something for you.

  • @dr_shrinker
    @dr_shrinker หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Living in a city, like Nebraska for example, without an art scene is a tough hurdle. Social media is subject to algorithms. It doesn’t matter how good your art is, if it can’t “get out there” no one will see it. The real challenge of art isn’t making great art, Damien Hirst is proof of that. But the real hurdle is logistics.
    I agree that in theory, great art should spread on its own merit. But this is a dog eat dog world and great art is a threat to mediocracy. The talentless artists on top will suppress those who make great art and could wreck their careers. I don’t think Koons would go out of his way to wreck an emerging artists career, but he wouldn’t help either. Best he would do is exploit emerging talent.
    Gate keepers are real. I guarantee you’d never see a vagrant hobo represented by Pace gallery, regardless of how well their art is.
    Besides, why would a NY gallery want to represent artists from Idaho, when there’s a flood of average artists just around the block in NYC?
    All things equal, art is a game of logistics.

    • @dr_shrinker
      @dr_shrinker หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Let me start by saying I appreciate this channel. But…..Case in point. This channel aims to help artists, right? . Yet, last week I posted a TH-cam link to my art and you deleted it. How could I “get out there” or not deal with gate keeping if you deleted my video link to show my art? It wasn’t spam, as I never provided a link to sell anything. I never planned on capitalizing. Your deletion of my post is the same as censoring a person on the sidewalk for handing out flyers for a non-profit. It wasn’t like I crammed my art in peoples faces. They would have needed to click on the link voluntarily.
      I just wanted to offer people a chance to see some unique art and you denied me that chance. Why?
      I respect this channel and what you are doing, but it gave me pause when you deleted my video link.

    • @Jules_Pew
      @Jules_Pew หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@dr_shrinker Heard of spam? Most channels delete posts with links automatically due to the spam problem on YT. Just say you're an artist and ask for people to check out your channel. People will if your comments add something to the discussion.

    • @contemporaryartissue
      @contemporaryartissue  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Social media is not only about posting, it is also about taking the initiative to connect with others. Concerning Hirst, don't focus on the artists you dislike, focus on the ones you do like. Concerning Koons, what do you expect him to do? Concerning Pace, any artist who enters their program will already be successful from exhibiting with smaller art galleries prior to working with them-hence no vagrant hobos. But beyond all these things one could argue about, this was not the message of the video. The art world is bigger than Hirst, Koons, Pace or New York. And how does it help you to be bogged down by their success? A career is build step by step, and there are no shortcuts, so focus on the first steps instead of envying those at the top. Thank you for watching and have a great day!

    • @contemporaryartissue
      @contemporaryartissue  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@dr_shrinker I am sorry to hear about your comment being removed but it was not done by the channel. I rarely, if not never, delete comments, even if they are rude or even hostile. TH-cam does have an antispam policy that does not allow links to be posted freely, so I am afraid that's what happened here.

    • @dr_shrinker
      @dr_shrinker หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@contemporaryartissue I’m not concerned with Koons, Hirst, or Pace. I’m using them as examples to demonstrate a point. Their names could be substituted with Close, Hockney, or Gagosian; the point would still be the same. I’m not worried about, nor am I bogged down by their success or careers. My point is, there are gate keepers and to deny this is cognitive dissonance.
      Side note, I like Koons art. Well, some anyway. As for “what should Koons do?” That’s irrelevant. The point is he doesn’t do anything, even if he could. And why would he? The world operates on greed. That’s how evolution works. Altruism in commerce is self defeating. This doesn’t negate my point though.
      As for taking initiative to connect with others via social media, that was my intent when posting my TH-cam link to my artwork. Additionally, (whomever deleted it) deleting my post goes back to my other point about algorithms.
      It would seem the point of my post was lost on you. All I meant was you can be the best artist, with incredible work, and never make it because of factors beyond your control. Logistics. If you accept that axiom, it’s liberating. As long as you think “there’s something I’m not doing that’s holding me back” - that is stifling as an artist. I don’t want to get hung up chasing the dream.. the carrot that I’ll never catch.
      A painter should paint. Then let the world sort it out. If the world wants to see my unique art, they’ll find me. Otherwise, it’s their loss.

  • @TheopticnerveX
    @TheopticnerveX หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your dog thinks yer insane. Great Video.

  • @allesklarism
    @allesklarism หลายเดือนก่อน

    The difference between an artist and hobby art maker is that artist soul-talent invests time for art history and its theory. Take it serious. Would not be interested in making parents happy! Real artist is criticer, political, independent and can starve and restart for art, never stop doing it.

  • @boandersson9134
    @boandersson9134 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Art edu is about 4 years of independence and no everyday responsibility. You dive in to your self and find out. Yes I want it or no I do not want it.

  • @mevlidasofic9131
    @mevlidasofic9131 หลายเดือนก่อน

  • @mozartwa1
    @mozartwa1 หลายเดือนก่อน

    these tips are useful and correct, but they are useless and wrong)) why? - because someone who has entered the path of art may not want to be in the world of art at all and in general, he may not even be an artist by vocation...
    first of all, everyone who complains about failures should think about why they are doing this? for what? often this is a cognitive distortion and the main purpose of doing art is not art, but art therapy.

  • @timon20061995
    @timon20061995 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Qu'ils mangent de la brioche!

  • @geoffreydawson5430
    @geoffreydawson5430 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    They are copying and pasting most contemporary art jargon, with an intelligent-looking guy who most likely is struggling to sell his art. The dog is a bonus for those upper middle-class loners.

    • @MyCygnusX1
      @MyCygnusX1 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Their gallery and magazine is actually quite popular. Particularly the magazine. Compared to most advice for artists, this balances accessibility without dumbing down - though mostly useful to people starting out. Take what's useful, leave what is not. Some things are interesting to me, other bits are too commercial for me.

    • @tammycarson7669
      @tammycarson7669 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He has a Masters degree in art. He exhibits internationally recently in Paris. The gallery in under redesign but I would a a few minutes with a search engine on Julien Delagrange would reveal this isn’t a fake channel geared toward lonely middle class

    • @contemporaryartissue
      @contemporaryartissue  หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      First things first, who is "they?" No copying and pasting whatsoever, all articles are 100% original and based on in-field experience or art-scientific research. Feel free to check my credentials as an artist, they are mentioned in the description of every video. Have a great day.