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art is 100% subjective
Should you believe that to be true, then you may also find that its existence is one of a judgemental nature. Where ever you find art or creation there lays the opportunity to openly criticise. To appreciate art is an act of removing ones self form their own likes and dislikes in hopes that as a viewer you might be able to understand some line of dialogue that the piece holds. This line of communication is a mixture of subjectivity and objectivity according to the viewer,(though it could be easily argued i think that it is also 100% subjective) so will vary from eye to eye.
Even the artist him/herself may find themselves at a loss when trying to understand this imagined line of communication in their own work.
in conclusion Blair
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3 comments:
Any phrase that claims definitude scares me, causes me to question and begs to be implored.
Subjectivity doesn't imply judgment or critique in the sense of breaking art down. Subjectivity
also does not imply judgments of 'good' or 'bad' art, nor 'right' or 'wrong' art. Subjectivity
is about the process of observation and contemplation.
In terms of the viewer trying to understand the dialogue of the piece...I'm a firm believer that
there isn't always a dialogue. Thus abstraction...so much art is going beyond didactic functions or
commentaries. There is art out there that by defying the reader's desire to produce meanings, get the
point, see the larger picture, etc. In this defiance, it sort of calls into your attention the
compulsion to analyze and deconstruct and figure things out.
---though, to make a nasty little turn/circle...that subversion could be labelled as the subject
matter itself...eeech!
I tend to incline towards believing that the nature of producing meaning in art is subjective.
You've stimulated and touched on some of the largest ongoing debates...the intents of the artist
vs. the intents of the critic/viewer, form and content,
reading something vs. reading into something (which is projection, based on the subject). Fun stuff.
"life imitates art"---wilde
"To appreciate art is an act of removing ones self form their own likes and dislikes in hopes that as a viewer you might be able to understand some line of dialogue that the piece holds."
This was the important sentence. Remind me sometime and I will talk for hours about it. (It goes slightly beyond the comments section.) 1) I asked myself; what does he mean by "art "in that sentence. 2) I wondered aloud if he means "science" when he says "removing" yourself from art. This seems an important distinction.. also... I suck at spelling... oh the irony!!!
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