RafaelFajardo

Artists are a type of worker. What makes our society different from those that came before is that now, because we are no longer hunter-gatherers or peasant farmers, if we want to eat and pay rent we have to go out and get jobs. What is the job of the artist? You might think that the most important thing that artists produce is artwork. This is not the case. The most important thing that we as artists produce is an image of ourselves. This image must be that of free creative workers who take pleasure in what we do and who gladly work even in the absence of remuneration. This image is very important to our society because no one wants to admit that the only reason we work is because we are threatened with homelessness and starvation. We want to believe that work can be meaningful, creative, fulfilling and self-managed. Artists are essential to perpetuating this myth. That is why, even if you never sell a single artwork, you are still helping our society to reproduce itself.