"Semen in the Blood"
Art is one of the last areas of knowledge that is based on passion and emotion. Of course their are techniques that should be mastered. An artist must prove he/she can create the accepted, traditional art, before respectably pushing art's endless boundaries. There are no successful nonchalant artists. If art becomes political, it is because the issue is one that touches and inspires the artist. It seems that artists throughout history have always had a secret agenda with their art from Da Vinci to Jaune "Quick to See" Smith. Even when art was meant to be merely aesthetic or documentative. Art is a form of expression and a reflection of the artist's priorities.
1 comment:
Being that we are in the of post-post of every traditional art- how valid is painting, drawing or any other of the more traditional formats?
Is the .concept. more valid than the document/object? If so, then why focus on learning technique, much less the laborious mastery of it. Is it really neccessary to learn and master a technique in order to degrade, reduce or simplify it?
Once we're informed by art-academia and concerned with technical mastery- haven't we lost that connection to pure, unadulterated, inspired expression/creation?
michael
telltaleheartstudio.com
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