‘What I like so much about contemporary art now is its ambiguity‚ its uncertainty. It is precisely this quality that engages and unsettles us’ – Benjamin Genocchio‚ art critic. How does this view challenge traditional ideas about art? Discuss particular works such as installations‚ happenings and site-specific works. Audiences make pretentious judgements on artworks due to their ambiguity and uncertainty. However‚ traditionally site-specific art was created to exist in a specific place‚ rather
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Art censorship and obscenity People in the United States of America are allowed to express themselves in many ways. One of these ways of expressing yourself is through art. Although we have this freedom‚ it is not completely accepted or viewed as right. What makes the many different forms or art acceptable or unacceptable with censorship? Why should creativity and artistic abilities be censored from other people or artists? “According to Plato‚ ‘because art has the power
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Women Artist BSA0706 - ART206: Art History August 1‚ 2011 The purpose of this research paper will be to briefly tell about some of the extraordinary women artist from the 1950’s to present. Team Louvre has chosen the following women artists: Audrey Flack‚ Helen Frankenthaler‚ Nancy Graves‚ and Alice Neel to share briefly their story as women artist. Audrey Flack was born in 1931 and is one of the founders of photorealism painting. During the Abstract Expressionist fifties‚ Audrey
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meaning any number of things‚ it is up to the reader to make sense of what he is trying to say‚ the same goes for art. Art is not made to be some commercial poster to be hung on a dorm room wall‚ art is far more than that‚ and it is the window into the imagination‚ the truth of an artist. My thoughts on Warhol’s quote is that he is trying to say that everyone has the ability to create art‚ art is the imagination creating things on paper‚ if you want a portrait of someone‚ take a photo‚ if you really want
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From realism‚ to abstraction and from sculptures to literature‚ it is all art. Some say that we have our various forms of art because our brains are large and need stimulation. Our curiosity and our constant communication need a release‚ and in many cases this release takes its form through the different mediums of art. Art allows us to demonstrate whatever it is we please‚ and to express what our heart desires. Unfortunately‚ we don’t have every artist’s interpretation of their work‚ our job
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF ART THERAPY Randy M. Vick This history of art therapy focuses on the precursory and continuing trends that have shaped the theory and practice and the literature that reflects this development. Scholarship‚ like history‚ builds on the foundations laid by others. I am indebted to the authors of four other histories that I found to be particularly useful in the preparation of this chapter. Both Malchiodi (1998) and Rubin (1999) have assembled histories based on contributing trends
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Art has been around for hundreds of years‚ expressed in a number of ways through different mediums: With painting‚ drawing‚ photography‚ music‚ and endless more. Each having smaller categories within them. One can create a portrait with different types of paint‚ chalk‚ the lens of a camera‚ pens and pencils‚ color pencils‚ and even crayons. A musician can paint a picture within one’s head‚ simply by the use of lyrics or in a few keys of a song. Separate forms of art‚ if someone would them examine
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define art as vision or as intuition‚ as Benedetto Croce does in his essay "What is Art?" By this definition‚ the works of someone with a beautiful vision would be beautiful‚ and art would be an external manifestation of an internal state. The importance of art is related to the nature of our human built environment‚ and whether we create it to be a comfort or a torment. To understand the place of art and beauty in contemporary culture‚ you need to turn to history. You could define art as vision
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Can anything be art? Are there limits to what is acceptable? Who decides? Can anything be art? Are there limits to what is acceptable and who decides? These three questions are probably the most argued and discussed questions artists‚ collectors and art historians are faced with on a day to day basses. The evidence of humans trying to create art has been present since millions of years. Archeologists have found traces of attempts of art in african caves which are up to 2.4 million years old.
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What is art for me? What is art for me? This is a legitimate question‚ but the answer is not easy. The simplest answer is to say that it is art which stood the test of time and still remains meaningful. When I heard this question‚ it made me think about the word art: What is art for me? ; How do I define art? ; And what is its significance to my life? According to the dictionary‚ the word art is the conscious use of skill and creative‚ imaginative especially in the production of aesthetic objects
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