The artist as teacher. Examining the boundaries of art education

Abstract

If an art product, and the process that produces it, cannot be defined in advance, as discussions about Art claim, how would this aspect of the artistic endeavor be incorporated in a well programmed lesson on art, in which aim, method, evaluation, subject matter are fixed and well defined? The present article attempts to provide a theoretical framework that lifts the before mentioned incompatibility through reference to “subjective teaching” – a way of teaching in which the teacher, as if oblivious of his students, permits them to witness his inner workings, which he externalizes.