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Until recently the term plastic artist was limited to continental Europe - in Britain, artists were still referred to by their discipline - fine artist, sculptor, set designer, etc. Now the term is universally accepted to describe artists in general.

Doing a Google search of "plastic artist UK" indicated that the term is not used in UK. Any hits for "plastic artist" are referring to artists from other countries, so that is probably a literal translation from another language. For about ten years now, there have been more people in the world who speak English as a second language than as a first one. That means more literal translations into English being accepted.

It sounds redundant to me, but this is the term used - see for instance the website of one such artist, Dimitri Xenakis, whose English website uses this term while the French version "artiste placticien".
It seems to be both a comprehensive term that can include painters, sculptors and others working in a variety of media, but in more restricted sense sometimes designates those who work with physical objects other than painting - eg ceramic, glass, etc.

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/welart

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or simply \'artist\'

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perso.wanadoo.fr/cm.mason/

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After googling on people like Damien Hirst or Tracey Emin, the word artist crops up over and over. I don\'t think we really use another term in the UK anyway

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After googling on people like Damien Hirst or Tracey Emin, the word artist crops up over and over. I don\'t think we really use another term in the UK anyway

fine arts= les arts plastiques but we don't say FINE ARTIST usually in English.,..just ARTIST

- in English....no PLASTIC AND NO VISUAL....
- the visual arts are not fine arts...visual arts is graphic art and photograph which is PART OF FINE ARTS......visual arts are SUBSUMED under FINE ARTS...sometimes
- HOWEVER...a sculptor can very easily USE PLASTIC..but that does not make her a plastic artist!!



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CAREFUL WITH FINE ARTIST in English..it means the person is a GOOD ARTIST........

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FINE ARTS= ARTS PLASTIQUES
painter
sculptor
graphic artist as in illustrator and cartoonist,
engraver
print maker
photographer [often included]
mixed media artist [use of objects and paint and other things]
to name a few...

a potter, for example, is not doing FINE ART....

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WHAT IS YOUR CONTEXT? The woman could be an ARTIST AND SCULPTOR or otherwise in English, we would SPECIFY...what she DOES IN FACT