Modern Art

[Woodrow]

Art has gone through many stages over the centuries. Originaly before written languages came to be it was a means of communication. Quick sketches on the ground left a message of dangers, hunting areas etc. After written languages came to be the purpose of art changed. The middle ages and the renaissance brought about a long lasting era of realism that began to die with the invention of the camera. At that point art no longer had to be the means to show what is, the artist became the tool to show what is not.

Modern art is always an experiment. Many schools formed and are still forming. In any era most of what is modern art will eventually find it's way to the trash pile. But out of the rubbish there will be pieces of significance that will survive and in several hundered years be appreciated as true art and works of genius.

Some examples: Monet, Manet, Joan Miro, Picasso, Dali, Vincent van Gough, all of which were seen as Modern Art and not understood in their day,

Junk eventually gets burned, art survives. To see what in today's Modern Art is actually art you will have to come back in 200 years and see what was preserved as having value.

 

[CosmicPathos]

Art is purely a personal matter. I love nature photography. Why? To give a visual form to my thoughts. One should never adopt an art to show to people or to put on display. If one really wants to do it, it should be done anonymously. Otherwise, fame, respect etc gets to your head. Art is an expression of being a human. Just like how language is an expression of being a human. The artist's art only represents the artist.

Just like how language and words are used to depict what is not, in the same way art can be used to represent one's yearning for what he/she is not or does not have.

 

[CosmicPathos]

and regarding those blue blobs and accidental splashes of paint on canvas, meh, I wonder how someone can find "deep meanings" in that. Maybe the meaning of chaos or randomness? lol

 

[IAmZamzam]

and regarding those blue blobs and accidental splashes of paint on canvas, meh, I wonder how someone can find "deep meanings" in that. Maybe the meaning of chaos or randomness? lol

Like I said, it either gives you a vibe or it doesn't. Personally, I find it hard to imagine getting a vibe from a blue square or light switches being flicked.