I thought art was a verb, not a noun.

I went to the Tate modern as most poor art students do over the summer. It really isn't my kind of thing really, I find most of it extremely pointless and just there to be edgy. But I saw this quote by Yoko Ono of all people that I liked quite a lot. 

I know it doesn't really link in with what I'm doing, but to me it's like people have this idea of what art/illustration is which isn't necessarily true. I don't think you can really narrow it down to being a static concept. Is this because the market would rather show something flat and on paper?

But really I'm not too sure where I'm going with this, I just think I like this quote.

Useful Links?

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1177/0092070300281005
Being market-driven versus driving markets - what I understand from this in my context - you can create work to that of what the industry wants from you, or creating work that influences the industry.

http://go.galegroup.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA112352672&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=fulltext&issn=0010194X&p=AONE&sw=w&authCount=1&isAnonymousEntry=true
Title:Little murders: thirty years ago, editorial illustration in our mainstream media was provocative and smart, driving the words as often as following them. Today much of it is literal and safe, more decorative than idea-driven. How did this happen in an age where image is everything?

I really like this article. Especially as my recent work is quite risque and pokes fun at serious topical subjects so would argue against this the title statement. Although it's an interesting statement and can still be related to what I'm looking at, what illustrators are driven by, why do they create the type of work that they do.

The Business of illustration
S Heller, T Fernandes - 1995 - Watson-Guptill

>I can't find a link for this or really know what kind of source it is but I think it'll be useful

http://www.manifestoproject.it/fuck-committees/
http://tomburtonwood.com/2009/05/tibor-kalman-fuck-committees/
the article from last year - v relevant

Thoughts

When first looking at the questions given, I didn't think any of them really was suited to what I'm interested in. Although I suppose don't even really know what I wanted to write about anyway...
But I went with the social responsibility question, as my previous essays evolved around social issues and I know I can easily slot in subjects that I have previous knowledge of.

After writing the proposal and getting the feedback I do feel more comfortable. I didn't think that this question was relative to my work, but looking back at what I submitted, the images I had put into the presentation are not too dissimilar to what I'm looking at doing within illustration. The style may be different, but I like illustrating subjects which I feel like the public needs to be aware of. For example:

Theresa May riding nuclear bomb 

I personally feel like this is something that needs to be open to the public, and a lot of people weren't even aware that a vote on nuclear weapons was even happening. Although it is clear that my illustrations are pretty left wing and show my views, but I still think it's incredibly important to show as many people as possible what is going on in the world and how it's effecting all of us. I feel like it's my job as an illustrator to show people my age what's going in the world. But what about other illustrators?

So...

WHAT ARE ILLUSTRATORS DRIVEN BY?? SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY? CONSUMER APPETITE??