What is art
What is Art?
Imaan Ezzat
I think art is a form of expression. It is used to describe a feeling about something or too send a message. I think classifying something as art or not is impossible because in a sense everything is art. I feel as long as the artist can explain his work as being art then it is art. Classifying art as good or not is up to each individual person. Everyone is different, so everyone’s perception on what is good art is also different. Art is not something that is right or wrong like math or chemistry, it is subjective to the viewer. I think an artist should not worry about how other’s see his or her art, but should focus on the message they are trying to portray or feeling they want to depict and hope that people can relate. There isn’t exactly a rubric for classifying art but there are still things that show whether or not an artist has mastered skill of painting, drawing, or filmmaking. It can be seen in the angles of the drawing or the lighting used in the movie. It is easy to classify something as art, but not everyone is a great artist.
“A painter paints the appearance of things, not their objective correctness, in fact he creates new appearances of things.”
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Many people can be painting the same object but the end result for each person is different. It doesn’t mean that one person painted it right and everyone else didn’t but that each person viewed that object differently and that is why their products differ. This is one reason why judging art is hard and why I think art shouldn’t be judged
“Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.”
Andy Warhol
I like this quote because you know you are doing something right when people are responding too your art and you are making money.
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.”
Scott Adams
I think this quote refers to an artist being able to actually see and know what art is and what a mistake is.