Q: How would you define art?
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A: At its core all art is communication. I personally believe that without the component of communication, there is no art. The expression of human creative skill and imagination becomes art when it is appreciated for its beauty, complexity, emotional power, evocativeness, etc. A sympathetic and understanding audience is essential.
Why might artists fail to communicate? Perhaps they haven’t mastered their medium sufficiently to elicit a reaction from the viewer. Perhaps the viewer lacks the necessary artistic, cultural, or intellectual background to understand and appreciate what the artist is communicating. Maybe the viewer is distracted or preoccupied and not looking or thinking deeply enough. There are many reasons.
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Posted on May 17, 2014, in 2014, An Artist's Life, Art in general, Art Works in Progress, Black Paintings, Creative Process, Inspiration, Pastel Painting, Photography, Studio, Working methods and tagged appreciate, art, artistic, artists, audience, background, beauty, believe, communicate, complexity, component, core, creative, cultural, deeply, define, distracted, elicit, emotional, enough, evocativeness, expression, fail, human, imagination, intellectual, looking, mastered, medium, necessary, perhaps, personally., power, preoccupied, reaction, skill, Studio, sufficiently, sympathetic, understand, viewer. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
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Hello, I check your new stuff daily. Your story-telling style is
awesome, keep it up!
Thank you.