{"id":9280,"date":"2021-10-27T21:24:31","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T20:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/?p=9280"},"modified":"2021-10-28T09:03:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T08:03:28","slug":"the-artists-who-want-the-art-world-to-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/the-artists-who-want-the-art-world-to-change\/","title":{"rendered":"The artists demanding the art world to change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

‘Flashbacks’ (Image courtesy of Matilde Merli)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over 80,000 artistic jobs have been lost over the course of the pandemic, highlighting a historical trend of inequality and instability within the art world. As the art industry begins to rebuild itself, what do UK artists think needs to change?<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Artist Matilde Merli continued to create, despite the world closing down around her. Feelings of anxiety and confusion manifested themselves into luminescent creatures which sprawled across the pages of her sketchbook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She wanted to make art for a living. Yet, the impenetrable art world she had strived to become a part of had disappeared nearly overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe pandemic was a difficult time,\u201d said Merli. \u201cAll these thoughts I already had in my mind became huge. Staying in the studio and that space by myself and creating things every day, every hour was like therapy, understanding what I want to give shape to. The darkness inside, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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