Useful Words for Artist Statements
Writing an Artist Statement is often tough for artists, and one of the reasons is trying to be articulate about their practice. Often-used words tend to sound like everyone else, so here are a few active words that might give you some inspiration that can use used instead of "looks" or "seems like" (which you should never use). You want to say something definitive like you know what you are doing. For instance, in a sentence where you are telling the reader what you work does, use one of these words that make sense to your practice.
My work:
addresses
adopts
affects
aggravates
announces
assumes
betrays
broadcasts
challenges
commends
communicates
critiques
declares
designates
determines
divulges
donotes
echoes
emulates
exposes
fakes
feigns
hints
imitates
implies
insinuates
introduces
investigates
mentions
mimes
mimics
mirrors
mocks
notifies
offers
opens
parallels
parodies
parrots
poses
pretends
proclaims
proposes
refers
reflects
reiterates
represents
resembles
resonates
reveals
reverberates
signifies
steers
stimulates
suggests
tells
touts
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