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artmaking

artmaking noun: the production of art.

Noun

artmaking (usually uncountable, plural artmakings)

  1. (usually) The production of art.
    • Art we do not need; artmaking should be made so difficult an occupation that only the most dedicated practitioners would persist.1991 November 29, Harold Henderson, quoting Quentin Crisp, “The City File”, in Chicago Reader
    • THE artist Gordon Matta-Clark, who died in 1978 at age 35, loved to cook, but he could never quite unbraid his culinary passions from those of artmaking, with sometimes bizarre dinner party results.2007 February 21, Randy Kennedy, “When Meals Played the Muse”, in New York Times

Forms of artmaking

pluralartmakings

Origin of artmaking

From art + making.

Questions about artmaking

What does artmaking mean?
Artmaking means the production of art.
What part of speech is artmaking?
Artmaking is a noun.
What is the plural of artmaking?
The plural of artmaking is artmakings.

Words near artmaking in the dictionary

  1. Artleys
  2. artlike
  3. artly
  4. artmaker
  5. artmakers
  6. artmaking
  7. artmakings
  8. Artman
  9. Artmans
  10. artmobile
  11. artmobiles

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