Showerthought: digital art galleries focus too much on the finish and not enough on the process

I was at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston last month and noticed almost every digital art piece had a polished final version up, but barely any showed sketches or early drafts. On one hand, the final product is what sells and gets attention. But don't you think we lose something when we hide all the messy steps that got us there? Which side do you lean towards in a showcase?

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theawest4d ago

lol I read this art critic say unfinished work has more soul or something like that

the_anthony4d ago

Unfinished work having more soul is just something people say when they can't handle the REAL work of finishing something. Michelangelo's David is finished and its got more soul than any half-baked sketch could ever dream of having. That critic probably just wants an excuse for why they never finish their own stuff. If you leave something incomplete you're basically saying you GAVE UP on it, not that you found some deeper truth. The whole point of art is to take an idea and push it all the way through to the end. Leaving things raw and rough is just LAZY, not soulful.