Wednesday, September 5, 2007
ART and BEAUTY
HHmmm...art is an interesting concept. It is not nearly as complex as people try to make it. In my opinion, art is, in essence, anything that evokes emotion or arouses strong feeling. This is not necessarily strong feeling or emotion about the piece of artwork which one is viewing, but in general. SO, if you ask me, the artist knew what he was doing when he turned that urinal upside down and wrote on it. It seems that everyone in the class had a relatively strong opinion regarding the work. That strong opinion denotes a strong feeling behind it, derived from looking at the image of "The Fountain". This, however, may not be what the artist actually intended. Really though, what the artist was thinking, feeling, or wishing to convey is pretty much irrelevant. Art is made to be viewed and taken in by the audience. Once it is no longer a work in progress and it is on display, there is no control over what people make of it.
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I believe that art is very complex. Art comes in many different shapes and sizes as well as different varieties of what people see as art. Like some people don't see the toilet as art, but then some do.
Sometimes the glass is half empty. Sometimes it's half full. Sometimes it's just a frickin' glass. ;o)
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