ARTIST [fr. artiste]

The artist, as we know him, is delayed.
The artist, as we know him, make art that is already historical.
The works of the artist, as we know him, are located in archives, waiting for observations and aesthetic judgements of a future observer.
The archives could be the art-on-stock in the studio or the demi-stock of collections.
Therefore, the artist, as we know him, is busy, or, rather, pretends to be busy.
It is important for the artist to be busy.
It means that the artist rides on the wave of succes.
The typical artist has a lot of projects.
The typical artist is not living today but propulse in the future, where time is taken in advance.
The typical artist is obsessed by networking, going to network parties, establishing contacts, spending more time in creating potential opportunities.
The typical artist does not show art, but exhibit his possible capacity to be invited for potential future shows.
The typical artist does not have the time to make art.
The typical artist is networking to get invited again in other projects, for to get invited in still other possible future projects in an endless circle of invitations and prospects.
A project is the platform for another project. 
But what inspires the artist of today?
What motivates the artist of today?