[Zentrope]

>Art as Rendering, Creative expression and Pain

>And Finally Art is SPAM!
It is Art!

>Shoes as Art And making something like this should inspire all of us !


Done By Digital Domain and Mothership

Shoes wheeeewww

[BlueSkyfish]

I think the label "art" has a lot to do with the artist's intention. When I judge artists "works" I look at the purpose first, then weither or not it reach that purpose.

If I make a painting who's purpose it is to create a certain emotion and it does, it is good. However, the painting might not be technically well executed, but then again, that was not my intention.

If I made a piece of furniture that was crated to fit my body perfectly and it did, then that would be good too, even if it might look ugly.

The word "art" to me is the result of successfully doing something purposefully skillfully, but you have to judge every product based on its intention.

[LGrey]

Intention is a very interesting school of thought.

When I create a painting there is always a story involved. It is kept a bit loose however to allow the viewer to tell. their own story as well. I am always fascinated by the things people tell me about my paintings that I never intended.

Once I did a picture worth random people doing random things against a strange background. It had no meaning whatsoever and yet there were stories of love and loss, despair and happiness. It amazes me the patterns people see where none may exist.

[Zentrope]

@BlueSkyfish....Purpose( a very powerful word)

Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you.

@LGrey...Intention is the core of all conscious life.
Conscious intention colors and moves everything, which makes it ART.


Hence this thought came to my mind but i forget who mentioned it

I am not an island
I am not alone
I am my intentions
Trapped here in this flesh and bone.

[Zentrope]

The two of the best things merged together

[obriien]

This was the essence of a good point one of my teachers made the other day.. art is essentially anything made with intent - this encompasses ugly things.. things made in hate and anger.. disgusting things.. simple things.. etc.

Keep your views of art and what art is broad imo

[Peter_Coene]

Originally Posted by Anton Ego, Pixar's "Ratatouille"

"The bitter truth that us critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is more meaningful than our criticism designating it so."

The quote was about a different creative expression, but I believe it holds true. It is easy for us artists to give criticism, and the best way to learn is to receive criticism. However, I fear sometimes that our reason for critiquing others is less about helping them and more about showing off what we know.

After all, if we can nitpick a minor issue in the work of another and point it out in a public critique, we make it seem as if we know how to avoid such minor issues in our own work... even when that is not the case and actually we have glaring faults.

I believe that this is something that most of us have done from time to time, and may not even know that we are doing it. It was something that struck me when looking at the work of some individuals who had critiqued my own, but then realized that I was not innocent as I had gone around and done the same.

I realize that this started out as a question about how to define good art, and that in a way I am going off on a tangent, but I think that the tangent is necessary. To get a bit back onto track, I think that obriien's definition of art was adequate; art is anything made with intent.

I think, though, that for many of us the question is, "when is our art good enough?" That is a bit trickier and cannot be answered without first clarifying what it is you are trying to be good enough for. Good enough to get a job as a concept artist? Good enough to make people think? Good enough to change the world? Good enough to make one child smile or to spark their imagination? Not all of these require the same level of skill or the same types of skills.

Drawings in medical journals show a definite understanding of anatomy, but to be honest I think most of us are more enthralled by sketches made by Brian Froud, which may be entirely off in many ways anatomically, yet cause us to grin and feel that little bit of joy that comes with a flight of our imagination.



If you can draw the anatomy charts from memory there's a good chance that you will always have a job. Granted, if technical skill is the extent of it then that job might be as a person who draws anatomical charts for medical journals.

I'm realizing that I'm rambling at this point and I guess I'll stop. Hopefully when I read this in the morning it won't just read as utter gibberish.

[rownd]

Art is like singing. Everyone can sing. Some people you just don't want to hear.

[idkfa]

For me this is everything that is made with no effort to be necessarily liked.

[i-sousa]

Very nice what you said Peter! Art is subjective. A successful art/work will depend very much on the contest in which it is applied, and which purpose it is made for.

I just wrote an article about criticism. It's becoming a trend, and a lot of people is giving crits for the sake of criticizing and forget the true meaning of it, which is to help someone, and not to denigrate his/her work.

[tekkoontan]

the article was too long, i didn't read, the original post was too long too, i also didn't read. i think everything can be seen as art, just bad ones and good ones. if people pays 4million dollars for a bad art, then that person is.... probably not so clever.

[marjorieobryan]

For me, Art is the term that describes different ranges of human activities as well as the resulting products of activities such as painting, film, dances, singing and a lot more...

[kevin-]

art is subjective :b

[JohnSilva]

What is art?
Baby don't stroke me..
Don't stroke me...
No more...
What is art?

[lays]

Is it possible to define what ‘Art’ is?
I think we’d have to concede that a satisfactory definition has yet to be found, haha~~