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What is art?

*chirumu:iconchirumu: reports, January 8, 2008
I got the whiteboard duster thrown at me by my art teacher last lesson because i said a-little-too-loudly, "How the hell can a canvas painted red with a single grungy, grey stripe along it, be called art?!?"

That painting is worth more then 2 million i'll have you know. But it got me thinking.

So what exactly is... art?

"a particular type of creative production generated by human beings, and the term usually implies some degree of aesthetic value."

Okay... But that just scratches the surface, dont you agree?

'Art' is such a broad term, and it lacks a proper definition. To be honest, I used to believe art was just those huge, expensive, classy, Renaissance-type-ish paintings, you see in places like the louvre', But today i could call any of these:



'Art', why?

Somtimes we ourselves question what art is. Its funny, really, because nowadays an artist could stick a blue pen on a fancy stool, cover it in a protective glass case, show it in an art museuem, clap his hands together, and proudly call it, 'Art'; And still, viewers would sorround the glass case in awe, trying to figure out EXACTLY why this blue pen is so fantastic. You would. Dont lie.

Lets do a little history check. Lets start with Impressionism period. (Cause most of you should know Monet right?!?) it was a very restricted art movement. They would not accept one of these:



as art. Impressionists were mainly all about outdoors, crowded cafe's etc. Impresionist art was 'revolutionary' (thats right, people thought paintings of a cafe where revolutionary) for the period because artists were able to paint en plein air' (outside), extending subject matter. Because of industrialisation, artists no longer had to paint accurate, fine detailed self portraits. That was now the cameras duty.

Impressionists and people of that period would call art... something along the lines of, 'aesthetically pleasing, pretty, ordinary subject-matter' so on and so forth.

This contrasts, artists like, say... the expressionists, who saw art as the projection of inner feelings. There artworks were spontaneous, highly emotive and arbitrary.

Ofcourse thats way back then, (like the 1800's, but art goes way further back...)

Where am i going with this? Well, Each art movement, Renaissance, Impressionism, Expressionism, Fauvism, Dada etc etc. was heavily influenced by the previous, mainly because they wanted to deviate, and rebel from artistic restrictions.

So 21st century art. Where are we at? Well thanks to people like Marcel Duchamp (Dada) and Robert Rauschenberg (Pop Art), art no longer has to be 'aestherically pleasing' or whatever the impressionists started. Infact, art doesnt really have to be anything at all. By drawing a moustache on the Mona Lisa, and reworking already-made objects, artistic boundries have been pushed so far there practically is no limit. If Monet knew this, he'd be turning in his grave.

So, the truth is, Art doesnt really have a definition. Well it does, according to wikipedia and my dictionary... But I think we, ourselves need to come up with a definition, from our OWN point of view; art has no limits of course. To me, you cant define art by what it is, but how it is done. Its form and content, its elements and principles. Art is infinite, i could call my make-up, 'art' for instace.

The only thing relating to art which is probably the same for us all, is that its different for us all.

Now for some more featured artwork, which i believe shows just how far 'artistic boundry' of the 21st century is :D





Now you tell me. What is art?

(Thankyou ^_^ I hope it was... thought provoking? at the least... Oh and my teacher just dropped the whiteboard duster rather drammatically, no harm done here...)

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~Bloody-Ribbon:iconBloody-Ribbon: Jan 8, 2008, 11:20:13 PM Mood: Neutral
hmm, art is whatever you want it to be, who cares if someone disagrees with you? i don't
art can be someone's severed head, it depends from person to person, you got hit with a duster because your teacher was protecting her meaning of the word called 'art'

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`lemontea:iconlemontea: Jan 9, 2008, 5:06:46 AM
Nice editorial copy. :)

To me, art is whatever I say it is. And if somebody says otherwise, they are wrong.

Hah, no I'm joking. There's a small possibility they could be somewhat right. :P

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*Jenna-Rose:iconJenna-Rose: Jan 9, 2008, 12:03:28 PM
Thank you for the feature :) I'm really happy that something I made could be included in this, as I believe very much in your words. Art can be in anything, and it probably is in everything; for one person's view or another.

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~Cheylin:iconCheylin: Jan 9, 2008, 5:27:35 PM
Thank You for the Feature!! I feel really honored that a great person like you will choose one of my artworks out of a million other deviants. :heart:
I also believe in what you wrote too. ^^


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=Teh-Summoner-Yunie:iconTeh-Summoner-Yunie: Jan 9, 2008, 5:43:33 PM
You give a good point! :heart:

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*chirumu:iconchirumu: Jan 9, 2008, 8:25:33 PM
oh wow D=
has someone done this before O-O
i didnt know - i feel really guilty now u_u its just something that came up in class
~neapolean:iconneapolean: Jan 9, 2008, 8:26:02 PM
Townsend threw the whiteboard marker at you?

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What?you call those explosions fine art?Fine art is some thing wonderful thats left long into the future....Eternal beauty.
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~kiimochi:iconkiimochi: Jan 9, 2008, 8:27:35 PM
omg i love yew ;^;

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`lemontea:iconlemontea: Jan 9, 2008, 10:32:03 PM
No! More power to you. :)

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~DarkinWilder:iconDarkinWilder: Jan 9, 2008, 11:39:24 PM Mood: Pride
:omg:No simple way to say this, but I'll try.
O.k. here goes:
I take my hat off to you, bow, shake your hand, and would like to say, "You have truly knocked my socks off." I've taken art classes every year scene I started junior-high seven years ago and have never heard anyone say anything this accurate. You were sincere and heart-felt and for that I thank you. Well done.

Righto' enough of ze' eloquent typing. :glomp:GREAT JOB ALEX!!!:w00t::w00t::w00t:

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