Starting point
What is Art and what to do with
Starting point
What is Art and what to do with
A few days ago I’ve watched a podcast with Vladislav Slutskiy and it changed my attitude to the Art dramatically.
https://youtu.be/UmJFR8RbFM4?si=2UA_OzgmAnoxU5kQ
The core thing is that all beautiful drawings from the Instagram is not the Art (like from the big letter). It is not something that would be shown in galleries, it is not something that would be touched in Art history lessons. And maybe pretty popular artist from the social media will be forgotten in a few years of closing their Instagram pages. And maybe it is not bad.
Now many people buy art as commissions or even unique author’s pieces of art to put them on the kitchen wall. Still life, flowers, interior art, nature… All this staff is on demand. The question is is it also important for the Art history and history of human being?
The “Real artists” according to this point of view show their works in the Art galleries, paint pictures of real world not in terms of realism and landscapes, but put some meanings into paintings. As per Vladislav, it is important, where artists learned the art, in which time lived, what was happened with them. The harder their life and the situation around them, the more interesting their art become for the world.
Actually I think this makes sense. You could see the difference between the art in galleries and art from the Instagram. I’m not saying that all art from the Instagram is the same, but the difference between the copy of cartoon frame and let say The Last Day of Pompeii can obviously be seen. But who can buy The Last Day of Pompeii and put it on the wall in the flat? Should someone?
https://youtu.be/UmJFR8RbFM4?si=2UA_OzgmAnoxU5kQ
The core thing is that all beautiful drawings from the Instagram is not the Art (like from the big letter). It is not something that would be shown in galleries, it is not something that would be touched in Art history lessons. And maybe pretty popular artist from the social media will be forgotten in a few years of closing their Instagram pages. And maybe it is not bad.
Now many people buy art as commissions or even unique author’s pieces of art to put them on the kitchen wall. Still life, flowers, interior art, nature… All this staff is on demand. The question is is it also important for the Art history and history of human being?
The “Real artists” according to this point of view show their works in the Art galleries, paint pictures of real world not in terms of realism and landscapes, but put some meanings into paintings. As per Vladislav, it is important, where artists learned the art, in which time lived, what was happened with them. The harder their life and the situation around them, the more interesting their art become for the world.
Actually I think this makes sense. You could see the difference between the art in galleries and art from the Instagram. I’m not saying that all art from the Instagram is the same, but the difference between the copy of cartoon frame and let say The Last Day of Pompeii can obviously be seen. But who can buy The Last Day of Pompeii and put it on the wall in the flat? Should someone?
The choice
It is actually a choice every artist can do. Do they want to create an art for the history, with a serious themes or just for sharing beauty with ordinary people.
I would say that both ways don’t exclude each other. So let’s imagine that you as an artist could draw something grandiose or heart-piercing, but on the way to great art also create something that could be affordable for usual people, something that could be put on the wall in the kitchen.
As a dream I would choose actually the second way, to create both “type” of Art. I think that even some preparation to important (from the artist point of view) could be sold as affordable pieces of art. However, in my situation to create something important and something that makes sense, firstly I need to learn how to paint… To find something worthwhile is a really difficult task.
Besides that, how you can know if you do something that someone find worthwhile?
https://youtu.be/RgZ1X4Dok3Y?si=FXEl3ej00qpMuoNF
In this video a lot of time is spent on the describing the way from periphery to the center of the Art network. But how to start even from periphery?
Those thoughts strike even more questions. However all these conversations gain a lot of motivation. I would try to build something in the Art area and let’s see how it goes.
I would say that both ways don’t exclude each other. So let’s imagine that you as an artist could draw something grandiose or heart-piercing, but on the way to great art also create something that could be affordable for usual people, something that could be put on the wall in the kitchen.
As a dream I would choose actually the second way, to create both “type” of Art. I think that even some preparation to important (from the artist point of view) could be sold as affordable pieces of art. However, in my situation to create something important and something that makes sense, firstly I need to learn how to paint… To find something worthwhile is a really difficult task.
Besides that, how you can know if you do something that someone find worthwhile?
https://youtu.be/RgZ1X4Dok3Y?si=FXEl3ej00qpMuoNF
In this video a lot of time is spent on the describing the way from periphery to the center of the Art network. But how to start even from periphery?
Those thoughts strike even more questions. However all these conversations gain a lot of motivation. I would try to build something in the Art area and let’s see how it goes.
