The art my group and I chose has an organic shape. It is small in size but bright in color. Its leaves have a bumpy texture due to the grooves in the leaves. It looks calming and feels tranquil. Looking at it should inspire and soothe the viewer. Although a generic meaning, this weed growing out of concrete tells us to not worry about our beginnings. We should be proud of where we come from and thrive from thereon. The second meaning is that we should learn to stop and appreciate what’s around us. We are boxed in and surrounded by concrete walls with areas of foliage that we constructed to be there, but this weed is all natural. This weed plant that’s not purposefully placed does not force us to look at it like the plants at our school, but invites us too.
Our art was art before the frame. The frame only brought more attention to it.
As long as the weed isn’t pulled out, the art will still be there.
Art is what we determine to be art. It is not some inherit property that objects have. Art is dependent on the person. A person’s likes, dislikes, aesthetics, all of that plays into what they perceive as art.
Things besides objects can be art. Such as a person. We can idolize someone’s and claim that their face is art. To take this to an extreme, plastic surgery is like sculpting but for the face. Therefore, plastic surgery is art because we are reconstructing and maintaining (like maintenance art).
I don’t believe an experience is art. The thing someone is viewing that gives them the experience is art. For example, if I eat a burger at In-n-Out and have a euphoric experience, the burger is art (culinary arts), not the experience of me eating. Another example, if I’m enjoying a sunset, the sunset is the art, not me taking time out of my day to stop and look.
-Rosa Eap 🙂
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