{kon-ahr-tist}
noun, Informal.
1. a special breed of talentless artists who are adept only at performance art rather than painting, drawing, sculpting, singing, playing musical instruments, composing music, textiles and costuming, etc.... You know. Legitimately making works of genuine art.
2. a person adept at swindling thousands (if not millions) of dollars from the academic and art worlds via self-marketing and bullshitting their potential wealthy (and culturally gullible) art patrons.
3. See also media whore.
noun, Informal.
1. a special breed of talentless artists who are adept only at performance art rather than painting, drawing, sculpting, singing, playing musical instruments, composing music, textiles and costuming, etc.... You know. Legitimately making works of genuine art.
2. a person adept at swindling thousands (if not millions) of dollars from the academic and art worlds via self-marketing and bullshitting their potential wealthy (and culturally gullible) art patrons.
3. See also media whore.
Abramović's set up a temporary site installation of her pissing on a golden toilet reading the New York Post for 7 hours a day and getting paid in the six figures by the Koch Brothers? That bit of performance art is crap. Con-artists like here are the worst.
by Tsarstepan June 29, 2016
A social confidence-artist is someone who exploits characteristics of the human psyche such as the need for acceptance, and the unconditional: fear of anger, fear of intellectual challenges, respect for outward self-control, respect for outward un-selfconsciousness, worship of charisma, and desire for popularity. They pretend it is noble to tell people what they want to hear, when it is in fact merely expediently politic.
Melissa was sure to tell you what you wanted to hear as opposed to telling you the truth of how she felt. In this way she fraudulently obtained your confidence and was an accomplished social con-artist.
by wcl December 4, 2013
after lying to get into power, the republicans waged an illegal war which made the neo-con-artist happy!
by Paul J Parkinson March 22, 2005