Art?? What is it??

Well, I am going to start off with the question, ‘What is Art’, I find this question exciting and the answer somewhat intriguing.

Well the answer is; well, we struggle with the answer! We struggle with the visual side of art which grows from symbolic creativity. Although some people would like to define art with what they think should be an actual definition, take the Wikipedia for example, it gives the definition as follows; "the use of skill and imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environments, or experiences that can be shared with others.”

First time in modern art, our feelings in represent and capture what and how people feel, for example, emotional when looking at it.

I think differently to this definition, I feel that art can be something that we can experience through every day meaning. It’s just a thought!

Marcel Duchamp is known for his found objects which he has portrayed in such a way that some view them as art. Take the case where Duchamp used a urinal and which he signed “R.Mutt” on it and named it Fountain. This falls into to part of the Dada Movement (anti-art movement.) His art faced the questioning and rejection from what others like to call ‘art’. It challenges what people think to be the meaninglessness of the world today. The exhibition of art has been refined; they are now looked at as the repercussions of fine art.  

But how do we exhibit art? How do we experience art? Can we connect with it, get close with it? I feel a good example on how to explain my point is the Projector, Tate Modern in held in the Turbine Hall in London. Artists have to create a spectacular piece of art work to fill the hall and to make those visiting the exhibition to feel overwhelmed by the experience. In my opinion I feel this is far better than visiting a bland exhibition not being able to interact with the artwork or feel the texture. Will people begin to question if we need a gallery at all?

Are some of us more attracted to site specific art for example? The concept lies within a place, and what if we were to put a gallery in this place; will the art concept have no meaning? It does today in the 21^st century. We re big fans of conceptual art in today’s society, we like decisions and planning, perhaps it’s got to do with all the modern technology. In a way it all dates back to Dunchamp. Dunchamp made a statement; he stood up to the so called ‘definition of art’ and started a new generation of ‘anti-art’ artists. We will take Jem Finer as a prime example, who discovered a underground river in the well, (80ft underground).  In order for it to work Jem uses a high brass trumpet and chimes played by falling water, to create music. this again it contributing to the rise in conceptual art. I feel anti-art is the way to go!