Chosen question: To what extent does aesthetic ‘style’ reflect the context/ audience and/or function of contemporary illustration? I have chosen this question as a start to my research because I’m interested in looking at trends within art and specifically illustration. I have a lot of questions surrounding this topic and also a lot of opinion, how do these trends start? Is it possible to be original anymore when everything has already been done? I also want to link my research into trends and ‘style’, to the hierarchy that is apparent within art schools. I want to research into how established fine art used to be, to how it is now when competing with design subjects such as illustration and how niche cultures within these subjects influence the way they shift and change. I’m interested in how ‘style’ is influenced by subject, and if there is a link between the subcultures created in art schools and the categories and ‘styles’ we fall into. I plan on looking at people like David Shrigley and posing questions like when does fine art become illustration? Where is the crossover? What is the difference between fine art and design? I’m interested in looking at how to be different, how do we find our own voices if there are already a million other voices out there? It’s impossible to ignore trends and not fall into them, without trends how do artists go about getting themselves out there? Trends cause change, however they also cause people to be the same, is there a way to break out of the cycle?
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