One of the challenges of being an MA student, in my 40s, with a PhD in theoretical chemistry, is that I know sweet FA about art... While that could be argued to have some merits, it's also a massive liability... For instance, how did I not know about conceptual art? Ok, I sort of knew it was a thing... But I've been reading a lot about the motivations behind it, and it makes SO MUCH SENSE! I hesitate to remove objects from art completely, but a lot of what I read matches things I have felt myself especially that the production of art is less important than the ideas that motivate it -> the means is a means, not an end. I feel an increased freedom to focus on my practice, not on my techniques, which are largely pragmatic anyhow. I need to read further, and I need to think more about how I feel about conceptual and post-conceptual art - I don't want to just pigeon hole myself, but I definitely like that there's a recognised thing that aligns much closer to how I want to practice.
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