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Experimental artists build their skills gradually over the course of their careers, improving their work slowly over long periods. These artists are perfectionists and are typically plagued by frustration at their inability to achieve their goals.

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Artists who have produced experimental innovations have been motivated by aesthetic criteria: they have aimed at presenting visual perceptions. Their goals are imprecise, so their procedure is tentative and incremental.

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The precision of their goals allows conceptual artists to be satisfied that they have produced one or more works that achieve a particular purpose... a problem solved can free him to pursue new goals.

David Galenson

David Galenson

David Galenson

Born: June 20, 1951 (age 74)

Bio: David Walter Galenson is a professor in the Department of Economics and the College at the University of Chicago, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Known for:

Old masters and young geniuses (2006)
Painting outside the Lines (2001)
Artistic capital (2005)
White Servitude in Colonial America (1981)

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