Art In Art : The Philosophy Of Art

Besides all the homophobia and discrimination that some people in the LGBTQ community receive, people of color receive even more just for the fact the they’re people of color. In communities where’s mostly Latinos, there’s more homophobia, specially because there’s this “Machismo” thing that still happens, even though we are in the 21st century. Some ways that people deiced to let their feelings out is by art, art is piece of life that you can’t really go against or ague with. Art was made to help people, express their feelings by drawing them out. People in the LGBTQ community use art as a way to express how they feel, and that they’re also have the right love like everyone

The Warhol contains more than just this enigmatic 20th century icon’s masterpieces. There are also exhibits devoting to making short films, plus lectures and a section devoted to Warhol’s life within the LGBTQ community.

“In the United States, art by feminists, artists perceived to be unpatriotic or sacrilegious, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) artists were particular targets of public uproar, fueling the so-called culture wars that erupted in the late 1980s and 1990s over public funding and freedom of expression” (page, 12). We have seen in recent years, particularly in the last few, a huge demand for acceptance and tolerance from the LGBT community, not only in the U.S., but also across the globe. With the allowance of same-sex marriage in recent years, we made a huge step towards equality among all people. Homosexual acts used to be crimes punishable by death and paintings or photographs showing homosexual activities were cast out by the public and ridiculed for so many years. But as we have seen evolving in recent years, society has grown and become more and more accepting of the LGBT community and the art they choose to express themselves through. Regardless whether you approve of any other individual’s behavior or not, there is no denying that the LGBT community has come a tremendous way in the art world in recent years, and has shown a vast and continuing expansion that seems to be on a runaway train through history.

In Elizabeth Bishop’s poem, One Art, it displays the acceptance Bishop has for losing things. Each stanza the losses get more significant, until she finally displays the one thing she can’t accept losing. Elizabeth Bishop uses techniques such as verse form and repetition to display her feelings toward those losses.

The irony behind the censorship of these works is that it leaves the impression that Warhol was closeting himself from the world, when in actuality “Boys Kissing Boys” was the first work Warhol ever wanted to have displayed. Biographers describe the drawings as “saying ‘Gay is beautiful’ a good dozen or so years or more before such a statement was acceptable.” Such a statement makes the claim that Warhol was a man ahead of his time, not only in his art but also in his ideas. His comedic response to the removal of his “13 Most Wanted Men” by suggesting they place Richard Moses’s face on the mural to cover it instead of replacing

Pop-Art rose from the desire of artists to create art that broke from the standard ideas of what art is and what art can be during the mid 1950s-1960s. However, they clung to images that were common to the mass public in order to ensure audiences could relate to works and also find a sense of familiarity with them. Subject matter such as celebrities, advertisements, comic books, e.t.c. was most often found in the movement. Andy Warhol was a key innovator and leader in the Pop Art movement and has since then become an easily recognizable icon of this time. He arguably helped pioneer many of the ideas and themes of Pop Art. In doing so, there was a major shift in subject matter from his early work to his most famous pieces. In the beginning, Warhol’s work was personal and intimate. Over time, his popular pieces became less narrative and began focusing more on what was popular, such as his celebrity screen prints which eventually brought him notoriety. Warhol faced much discrimination in the early years of his work regarding the obviously homoerotic subject matter of his pieces. He detached the artist from the artwork over time because he recognized that his more blatantly homosexual-themed works would never gain traction or earn him respect in the art world. Though they are rarely discussed, Warhol’s early work greatly impacted the themes he tackled in his later years. The censoring of his works such as “Boys Kissing Boys,” “13 Most Wanted Men,” and “Lonesome Cowboys” deterred Warhol from continuing his interest in homosexual subjects in his public works because of the backlash he received from their exhibition and as a result encouraged him to move towards more widely accepted and identifiable subjects such as celebrities and logos.

Placing the interests of the entire world above those of an individual nation became the new model for art in the contemporary world and this movement was known as globalism. With the increases in digital technology, global integration of art and culture became significantly easier and more prominent. Although, globalism brought a new knowledge of culture from other nations and allowed certain countries to emerge as super powers not everything was beneficial. Terrorism rocked western civilizations such as Britain and the Unites States with attacks from the extremist group knows as Al-Qaeda that brought a devastating and sense of urgency for moral change through art and literature. Also, the threat of our dying ecosystem was brought up as

Art can be for art’s sake; it does not need to be representational. Jackson Pollock was an influential American painter who became a driving force for the abstract expression movement. His belief that his art comes from within was an impetrative idea behind his style. His beliefs have a huge impact on how I view art, create art, and inspired me for my final piece.

On an everyday basis the world around us offers us a great deal of information and variety, of enlightening art and the dumbing down entertainment. Many people have fallen into the trap of dismissing anything that is not considered fine art as culturally and intellectually inferior. The restrictive nature of this approach leaves us with an elitist viewpoint and a sense of supremacy. And when talking about supremacy, whether it is white, black or even cultural, it is in no way something positive. Albeit, it is difficult to control the feeling of superiority when talking to someone who genuinely loves and admires singers with lyrics like: “Been around the world, don't speak the language. But your booty don't need explaining.” Still, it is important to keep in mind that even Jason Derulo and Virginia Woolf have something in common, the origins of their means of expression. “It is practically certain that music and literature, usually combined with dance, arose as a single activity long before the concept of an art existed. In later stages of history, the connections between the musical and literary arts have varied from nation to nation and period to period. (…) As soon as the arts of music and literature began to draw apart, the possibility of one’s influencing the other arose.” If we believe that art is an imitation of life, then music and literature are equal in that as they can both give imaginative and true depictions of life. And every so often

Art has been created by the original humankind. In ancient time, because people did not have any technology to record sense, thoughts and scene, they came up with using paintings to express and record so that they can spread culture or teach the next generation. Just like the way that primitives used to draw on the wall in the caves. With the development of the culture, many talented human beings started to express their unique thoughts and opinions about the society in their paintings. Like, Picasso. These meaningful artworks are saved and protected, so we have a chance to appreciate it. More and more people are interested in the artworks, then those artworks influence more people who integrated our history and made it more colorful. Nowadays, people are living in the world that has wealthy and mature cultural background, so people have a chance to appreciate all the paintings; more and more artists and their artworks get to be recognized and understood by others. Because of the painting progress, artists begin to use their way to create artworks. Different painting materials and changes of color bring very visual effect and feelings for the visitors. The different painting structures, styles, and details bring distinctive sense to every visitor.

The students as well as the teachers were welcoming when I arrived in their classroom. I had a very sweet introduction, the teacher explained how I am studying to become a teacher and there at times where I’ll need to go to a classroom and practice being a teacher; I can see the fascination in the children’s faces. Many students already read The Rainbow Fish, but they were enthusiastic to read it again. I had all the students’ attention from the beginning, and was amazed how focus, quiet, and still they were during the reading. All students were engaged with me as I asked questions they all responded which made me smile. The activity they completed after the story, was coloring a printed-out fish image. The materials they used were crayons, glue, and jewels to decorate their fish. They had fun coloring and when I passed out the jewels they were telling me which colors they wanted to use, and sharing their picture even before they were done. The lead teacher, Ms. Jen, said “Children were engaged and interested in the book, Ms. Jennifer was enthusiastic and interactive during the story.”

Art is the reason some people are alive. At least that is what we tell ourselves. Scientifically speaking there is no “purpose” to life besides reproduction and survival of the species. We live, we breed, we die. Charles Darwin, the man who founded, developed, and all-but proved the idea of evolution, stated that he believed the purpose of life was nothing more than seeing to its own survival. This is still believed by many people to be the case. Nevertheless, we, as a species, tend find things we enjoy doing and do them quite frequently. We find things that make us happy, some play sports, some play games and others make art, and we do these things as much as we can simply because we like to. So why, if we only exist to find a mate and continue the species line, would we waste time on these silly things we enjoy? The only answer is that evolutionarily, we have a lot of time to kill in this process, and so our brains created these so-called, “happy chemicals” called dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins. There are very few things in our body that do not or have not had a purpose and almost all parts of our body evolved that way for a specific reason. These happy chemicals evolved with us to make us enjoy life, and be more productive because of this enjoyment. What is strange about this still though, is that each of our brains release these chemicals while doing different things. The ethical beliefs of Effective Altruism tell us that we are supposed to exist in a way

Drawing is not an activity, but a piece of me that I could never let go of. Drawing has transformed itself from a fun hobby into an essential form of expression. It has transformed the way I look at things; nothing is mundane in art. A tree, for example, is a beautiful thing. Every single tree is unique, with its own bark texture, its own arrangement of branches, and its own color. The limit only gets pushed further when the tree inherits the personality of its artistic creator. Whenever I feel emotionally connected to something, I generally have an impulse to draw it, which strengthens the connection. Both the result and the process are rewarding; it is always possible to improve, challenge, and discuss with other artists. There aren’t always “right” ways to draw things, which allows illustration to evolve throughout time.

Art deco can be found in all art and design disciplines between the first and second world wars. These disciplines include Architecture, graphic design, visual art, interior design and industrial design. It was integrated into all areas of peoples lives.

Cubism was always an interpretation of objective reality, of a given motif. But Kandinsky was to initiate was by contrast essentially and deliberately non-objective. Kandinsky’s own experience was personal and even apocalyptic.