Artybollocks! is an academic endeavour that explores the use of artist statements.
 
Bland & Boring presented each artist with a statement from the online artist statement generator at artybollocks.com.
Therefore artists are tasked to create an artwork based on this statement. An idea motivated by overly-theoretical terms (artspeak) that overcomplicate the meaning and interpretation of artworks. Artybollocks! throws a jab at this overcompensation by forcing artists to comply with the parameters of ridiculous. Yet somehow appropriate statements that are essentially created by an algorithm!
 
Bland & Boring in conclusion is a curatorial collaboration between Odette Graskie and Chrisél van der Merwe.
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