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little_tippler · 04-25-2008, 12:15 AM

About the last painter shown here...wow. Surrealist with a dark edge. Very interesting.

About not getting art: surely some art provokes a reaction in you. Or are you totally indifferent to it?

"Getting" Art is something that can be developed. Hell most contemporary art has to be studied to be understood. Some of it is crap and some of it has interest. Some of it is entirely a concept and some of it is entirely related to visual form.

There are fascinating art works that merely want to make you think, even if it's about weird stuff. Get a reaction from you. Indifference is death to an artist, lol.

There are interesting art works that sadly can only be understood if you have read about the artists' intentions. I am not too fond of these though I like some.

I think an art work should be, to some degree, self-explanatory. It should elicit an emotion or small connection with the observer. And there should be some visual interest, at least to me. I don't mean it has to be beautiful, but at least it should be thought-provoking. Not that I'm saying everything else isn't art.

Nowadays, the flood gates of art have been opened in such a way that you can debate for hours on what is art, but the best way to reason it is to think, art is what artists do/make. Whatever is made with an intention to be art and then validated as such by an audience of also validated elements, is then going to be considered art, no matter what you or I think.

I think the best question I can ask someone who doesn't "get" art is, do you like art? Would you like to live without art in your life? That includes a lot of things in your life, if you think about it a little. I also would like to say, that you shouldn't be afraidto say what you think - it's not rocket science. Most art works don't have one set meaning, and if you don't get it then daft you. Not at all. It should be what you make it. It's there to hopefully make you think outside the box, to make your life a little more interesting.

You don't have to be knowledgeable about art to enjoy it or experience it. I will say though, that it can be very helpful if you take the time to learn a little about it - it only enriches the experience. As many people in the art world will tell you, taste is an acquired and ever-evolving thing. The more art I see and gain knowledge about, the better equipped I feel to understand new ideas in art. Of course, to me this is a necessity - I work in an art gallery, and am also an art graduate. To some it is not essential - life is made of such choices.

04-25-2008, 12:15 AM	#46 (permalink)
little_tippler Leaning against the -Sun- Super Moderator Location: on the other side	About the last painter shown here...wow. Surrealist with a dark edge. Very interesting. About not getting art: surely some art provokes a reaction in you. Or are you totally indifferent to it? "Getting" Art is something that can be developed. Hell most contemporary art has to be studied to be understood. Some of it is crap and some of it has interest. Some of it is entirely a concept and some of it is entirely related to visual form. There are fascinating art works that merely want to make you think, even if it's about weird stuff. Get a reaction from you. Indifference is death to an artist, lol. There are interesting art works that sadly can only be understood if you have read about the artists' intentions. I am not too fond of these though I like some. I think an art work should be, to some degree, self-explanatory. It should elicit an emotion or small connection with the observer. And there should be some visual interest, at least to me. I don't mean it has to be beautiful, but at least it should be thought-provoking. Not that I'm saying everything else isn't art. Nowadays, the flood gates of art have been opened in such a way that you can debate for hours on what is art, but the best way to reason it is to think, art is what artists do/make. Whatever is made with an intention to be art and then validated as such by an audience of also validated elements, is then going to be considered art, no matter what you or I think. I think the best question I can ask someone who doesn't "get" art is, do you like art? Would you like to live without art in your life? That includes a lot of things in your life, if you think about it a little. I also would like to say, that you shouldn't be afraidto say what you think - it's not rocket science. Most art works don't have one set meaning, and if you don't get it then daft you. Not at all. It should be what you make it. It's there to hopefully make you think outside the box, to make your life a little more interesting. You don't have to be knowledgeable about art to enjoy it or experience it. I will say though, that it can be very helpful if you take the time to learn a little about it - it only enriches the experience. As many people in the art world will tell you, taste is an acquired and ever-evolving thing. The more art I see and gain knowledge about, the better equipped I feel to understand new ideas in art. Of course, to me this is a necessity - I work in an art gallery, and am also an art graduate. To some it is not essential - life is made of such choices. __________________ Whether we write or speak or do but look We are ever unapparent. What we are Cannot be transfused into word or book. Our soul from us is infinitely far. However much we give our thoughts the will To be our soul and gesture it abroad, Our hearts are incommunicable still. In what we show ourselves we are ignored. The abyss from soul to soul cannot be bridged By any skill of thought or trick of seeming. Unto our very selves we are abridged When we would utter to our thought our being. We are our dreams of ourselves, souls by gleams, And each to each other dreams of others' dreams. Fernando Pessoa, 1918 Last edited by little_tippler; 04-25-2008 at 12:17 AM..