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| Q1: ^ a useful def? | Yes | Yes | Is art defined? | Tires- if you have to define it, it is no longer art. | "Useful" unnerves me because I do useful stuff all day to earn a living. With art I try to transcend. I guess you could say I "use" art that way. | y | Yes | I suppose the above touches on definition, but qualify that term meaningful... | Art as information system is not totally rejected. | Q 1. Is this ^ a useful definition for art? | ||||
| Q2: a useful def? >> | Art for Art's Sake | Spirit, a touch of higher power, perhaps also a pull from the primal below. | practice, desire, practice, desire | Makes you feel lifted. | For me, spirituality is in art. Transcendence. It's a feeling I get sometimes, like a lump in my throat, but down in the gut. | Where poetry is the synthesis of sound painting is the synthesis of color. | "useful definition" is meaningful or reciprocal communication evolving shared understanding. Art inspires, shocks, pleases, horrifies or otherwise evokes emotion from creator to audience. | no | A object (visual) that brings beauty to the creator. | Beautiful, creative, amazing, fantastic, funny, surprising, wonderful, lovely, neat, anger, unlike and much more! | Communication - Self- portraiture, a depiction of one's view of the world and one's measure of the human condition, through the artists' eye. | A lot about "transcendence" Some about art being primarily for the artist. A bit on communication. |
Q 2. What is a useful definition for art? Or, what should art be? | |
| Q3: Art is valid if... a, b, c, other? | All of the Above & much more |
all of the above | b. | d. same as above. | b., c., d., Well, if it speaks that hard-to-define feeling of transcendence | Art opens the cutting edge of human aspiration. | y, y, y - causes revelation -as in understanding or enlightenment. | Something bored people do to occupy themselves with. | = Thought 2-= Soul |
a. Yes b. No c. Not Art |
a. | Perhaps all of the above, "All real art is self- portraiture," if not direct then oblique... | Most want an inclusive definition for art. A few feel strongly that art must be this or not be that. | Q 3. Art is valid if it, a. offers a visual pleasure or aesthetic satisfaction? b. stimulates interesting experience, emotions or thoughts in an audience? c. produces a disturbance, agitation or commentary on society, establishment or authority? d. other? [add your criteria of validity] |
| Q4: Conforming... | Creativity is Limitless/ boundless. Your art reflects your mirror image. | No, art must be from the authentic. Conformity is choking the soul. | n, true art isn't standard maybe just recognized | sometimes | It depends on whether that serves what the artist is trying to express. | Potentially art can open doors of perception & always expresses the tech. expertise of doer. | "Decor" as in "art" to suit the surroundings (interior decorating) | Art has nothing to do with validity. | yes | It is art and so is it if you can not tell what is even a scribble could be worth so much! | Its okay to, "break the rules," -if one doesn't go so far out of the box as only to be talking to ones self... (abstract expressionism is wallpaper) | Mostly people do not desire art to conform but some go on to add exceptions or guidelines. | Q 4. Is painting, or art arrangement of any sort, served by conforming to an acceptable standard of aesthetics? Why or why not? | |
| Q5: Is agitation significant? | No. "Art is Art" | Yes, shake it up, the truth rattles out.... | no, why verbalize | Yes. I guess there is some kind of release of thought when we momentarily see things in a different way. | The main function of art is to make a cultural statement whatever that may be. | Y. Anything is "significant" when it agitates McVeigh (of Oklahoma bombing) is significant if horrific. | no | yes & no: Relationships & Surprise | The function of art is not to Agitate -any "object" that is considered art has no other reason but to be a pleasure to the creator. | Yes, it does because we are not used to those changes! | It is difficult in our time to jar the system to the point of shocking the public. Sexual and religious mores under scrutiny or satirized can raise a fuss -but the final measure is: does it enhance or detract from the message? | A full range on agitation, from yes and no to sometimes. | Q 5. Is the function of art more significant if it agitates
assumptions of how we are supposed to see, think and feel? Why or why not? |
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| Q6: Can art communicate? | Yes. Broadens Mental Boundaries | Color, shape, action speak to intuition. | Of course, but I don't know how. | Yes. But on a higher non verbal level. | Ah: That's where I have to say something potentially scandalous: People add the other half of the equation by interpreting art however they like. We might not like it, but I don't think we can & should change it. | Yes but only to the extent that painting connects w/an experience/emotion of the beholder. If I am awed by a Glacier, say, and tell you about it, you can only relate to my words if you've experienced a Glacier. | no | Yes & no: Political/ Physical | Why should it even try to communicate to other. The thought of needing to communicate thru any form other than speech is not an art. | It could be but maybe in a different way than the painter intended. Like if you see just some lines that are dark colors it might mean bad, evil, to one person while it might mean a striped shirt on a happy boy to another. | Communication to others, to be valid and hold integrity needs some meaningful point of reference... | Some say yes to communication. Some qualify that meanings are subjective. One no, never, never. One why should it. | Q 6. Can objects of paint transmit or communicate meaningful information to others? How? | |
| Q7: rearrange the way we see | Yes | Yes, puzzle it apart and together | sometimes | Yes | By all means... The display of art, in and of itself an art... as are all things done mindfully in life. | no | certainly! | I don't get the question- any variable juxtaposition wouldn't depart or enhance... | Mostly using a device to rearrange the way we see and consider things is appreciated or at least acceptable. | Q 7. Is it meaningful or artful to reassemble the way paintings are exhibited to rearrange the way we see and consider paintings as art? | ||||
| Q8: Meaning in art? | 1970's British Pop Title "Art for Art's Sake." | Yes, to unify us in beauty and mystery. | Cultural, yes- a kind of record of our (peoples) ideas of this time. | It is part of who we are and explain it personally + differently | Um. You have to do something using the culture in which you find yourself. | Communication, by definition, is a cultural endeavor. Lascaux cave paintings... There were, it surely would seem, created for cultural reasons and significantly so. | none of this is meaningful | of Course: art leads civilization | Meaningful to you may totally be opposite to others, it does not matter as long as the paintings are beautiful to you. | For some people yes and some no. | Tell you what - it's only subjective - its only "pictorial masturbation" for the artist... | I'll leave summarizing this one up to the reader. | Q 8. Is there a meaningful cultural reason for my paintings, or any paintings, to exist? If so, what might the meaning or reason be? | |
| EXTRA or ID... | Thank you, very provocative and inspiring! | left his phone # | IMMO- Please be gentle MH@ | no | Almost half who took the time to write identified themselves. In the guest book format there were more signatures. | If you would like to identify yourself or hear about the results from this survey enter your contact information. | ||||||||
| My Response.
If the authors of these comments would like to write I can add to this document. |
Not a lot to respond to. "Art for art's sake," seems to be the main sentiment. And, of course, that leaves definitions to the artist. | Your Welcome.
Intuition? |
Yes, kind of a record. | Having to define is different from messing around
with definitions.
Elevated to what? |
I wonder why you think subjectivity is scandalous? | Could my experience of Glacier hinder
as well as assist my understanding your glacier story? If I never knew a glacier but knew something else could I understand? |
Why did you come to a gallery? Why did you pick up a pencil? |
Why does it frighten you to identify yourself? | Yes, people have different ways of seeing and interpreting. And I find it quite interesting how strongly you feel that art must be a pleasure to the artist, and must only be this. | This person wrote about 4 pages, mostly about himself. He threw in a couple newspaper clips, [does he carry them around or did he come back?] He is a sculptor and claims to feel strongly... He did not have the guts to identify himself. He claims to have a built in shock-proof shit detector. But really, after reading his text, it is a lot of BS. But heartfelt BS. I do appreciate that this "artist" was so motivated to contribute his shit. I wonder if he stole the amethyst? |
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