And so, I'll be the first to comment, right? who gives a fuck? Art--coming from "artifact"--is made thing that represents (as a concrete image or "thing") abstract ideas a culture finds valuable.
I mean made as synonymous with "arranged" or "constructed." Whatever the artifact is it can be made or arranged from found items. So an art artifact is different than, say, a sunset or a bird's song. The presentation of the work as art is necessary, I think, also. But I don't think conscious awareness of one's "making art" at the time of the arrangement, or making, is necessary.
I think that art is perception. I've always thought that being an artist is a matter of "seeing" in a way different from, but resonant with (ie appreciated - or - scorned- by) the norm. Also, you asked, what is art. No question mark. I found that interesting. Art is a user and abuser. We have a word for sunset: sunset. But once we take it out of the sky, it becomes art, for better or worse. Art is a matter of taking things out of their context, appropriating them - well, or badly, acc to ????
I like that response. Yes, absolutely, art is a kind of perception. Since art art deals with the senses, artists manipulate media to appeal to the participants' senses, to show them unfamiliar sensory ways to respond to familiar phenomena. I've always told my students (this is in writing, solely, since I don't really teach how to create any other arts, only how t appreciate them) that a writer is someone who shows a reader something they already knew, but something that they've never been able to articulate before.
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And so, I'll be the first to comment, right? who gives a fuck? Art--coming from "artifact"--is made thing that represents (as a concrete image or "thing") abstract ideas a culture finds valuable.
Why does it have to be made, or, maybe better: does "made" actually mean something more precise than it seems?
Need to know that before I get to "represents."
I mean made as synonymous with "arranged" or "constructed." Whatever the artifact is it can be made or arranged from found items. So an art artifact is different than, say, a sunset or a bird's song. The presentation of the work as art is necessary, I think, also. But I don't think conscious awareness of one's "making art" at the time of the arrangement, or making, is necessary.
I think that art is perception. I've always thought that being an artist is a matter of "seeing" in a way different from, but resonant with (ie appreciated - or - scorned- by) the norm. Also, you asked, what is art. No question mark. I found that interesting. Art is a user and abuser. We have a word for sunset: sunset. But once we take it out of the sky, it becomes art, for better or worse. Art is a matter of taking things out of their context, appropriating them - well, or badly, acc to ????
I like that response. Yes, absolutely, art is a kind of perception. Since art art deals with the senses, artists manipulate media to appeal to the participants' senses, to show them unfamiliar sensory ways to respond to familiar phenomena. I've always told my students (this is in writing, solely, since I don't really teach how to create any other arts, only how t appreciate them) that a writer is someone who shows a reader something they already knew, but something that they've never been able to articulate before.
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