Posted by giveawayboy on October 31, 2002 at 00:28:56:
In Reply to: Art is not for real people, Art IS real people. posted by Bob - the Alien on October 30, 2002 at 12:10:00:
: "art can be done by anyone.."
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: Art is really just your own personal way of expressing your passions. For some people, it is visual, for others it is music, or writing, and for some it is physical activities...it can really be anything. Whatever it is that lets you express your true self to the world, that is art.
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: There is a big difference between art in general, and the professional/academic art world.
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: The Web has actually greatly expanded art in the world. Now anyone can share their art with the world. You are no longer limited to just showing your friends. This is a wonderful thing.
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: The danger here is that it has made the 'art world' even more critical of 'amateur' artists. I am seeing a gap.
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On one hand we have the art that we see at our friends homes, coffeeshops, and restuarants. On the other hand, there is the art that is accepted by the established art world. I have known many artists who struggle to bridge this gap, when they should not have to struggle so hard.
EXACTLY--and I feel this so strong every day of my life. I agree that there are some ways in which trying to be more formal has helped make my work more accessible to people, but I also realize that most of my strong work was done on napkins and sheets of notebook paper.
: So the question in my mind has nothing to do with who can do art or how we define art. It is a question of how we show the rest of the world the value of all art, no matter how it would hold up to an academic critique.
DAVE--I AGREE WITH THIS. THIS IS WHAT I HOPE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT. I GET VERY INTIMIDATED BY THE ART ELITE AND I FIND REFUGE IN FOLK ARTISTS AND GUYS LIKE KEITH HARING, ETC.
Later, Bill