The Shortcomings Of Art

Arts sole purpose is to evoke an emotion out of its audience and influence them as well. Whether art makes you feel euphoric or sad, it resonates within every individual differently. In this day in age, artists utilize the internet as a method of sharing their work freely with others. According to Lethem, “The American commons include tangible assets such as public for public assets such as public forests and minerals, intangible wealth such as copyrights and patents, critical infrastructures such as the Internet and government research , and cultural resources such as the broadcast airwaves and public spaces. They include resources we’ve paid for as taxpayers and inherited from previous generations” (222). This suggests the Internet is a creative resource that is invaluable to the art community; however, it should be used with caution. The internet is not a resource that can be owned or privatized, which is why individuals can be exposed to anything at any time. On the internet, many images pop up quite frequently and they evoke little to no emotion from those who see it, because they have seen it a numerous amount of times. This is unfortunate, because the quality of one’s work is being diminished if people have become indifferent towards it. Nelson argues that, “But there are also perils. And one is that in cultural moment defined (by some, for some) by image flow, the question of what one should look at, along with attendant inquiries into nature and effect of images blowing by, has creepy way of overtaking almost all other questions” (304). This infers that image flow is something that alters how individuals are affected by art and the feelings one should have toward it. Although technology has been beneficial to the art community, image flow continues to damage the effect that art is intended to have. Seeing

The art piece that I chose to critique is the sculpture of a figure kneeling down and getting shocked. It is located on campus near the Morris University Center(muc). When I first saw this sculpture it caught my attention immediately, because of how gruesome the piece was. I feel like I don’t have a good understanding of what the sculpture represents, but it seems like it would raise plenty of controversy, due to its erotic features. It seems like the artist was venting his emotions when he created his idea. The sculpture is fairly large in size, which makes it noticeable, among the other art pieces on campus. The sculpture media consist of wood and concrete, and metal mostly. The individual is keeling down toward the west and is supported

“the characteristics, key events, and situations which compose the essentials of human existence, such as birth, growth, emotionality, aspirations, conflict, and mortality.” The diversity of the human condition can be thought of as the very broad topic which has been and continues to be pondered and analyzed from many perspectives, including those of religion, philosophy, history, art, literature, anthropology, psychology, and biology,” (Human Condition).

You know why i'm against fine arts is because they don’t help you learn anything. At school you’re supposed to be learning stuff not goofing off in class and getting into trouble. I wouldn’t mind fine arts but it’s also a bad activity your brain is not getting any work at all, it’s just the stupidest thing.( henderson) mia

Platforms such as Instagram are invaluable to artists today to display their work to the masses, allowing for audiences to reach more than just the guests at a gallery. However, social media’s construct of an idealized society actually limits artists in a lot of ways, cutting off the honesty that art provides. Carolina Miranda’s Los Angeles Times piece, “Social media have become a vital tool for artists — but are they good for art?”, recounts the experiences of artists trying to use social media to debate the very platforms they are using, and the censorship and responses they have faced for it. Miranda references that “social media can be a difficult space for artists to present ideas or images that lie outside of the gauzy universe of sunsets and cappuccinos”, as often pieces that are deemed controversial or showcase nude figures are “erratically enforced” in regards to

Art is created and enjoyed by various individuals across the world for different reasons. An Artwork expands and extends our shared visual language and helps in developing new ways of seeing familiar things (Tomaž 29-32). It also assists in interpreting events and new situations through different perspectives. The values and focus of artwork in the new world are finding their footing and taking completely new directions. In the new world, there are echoes of artistic movement and postmodern tradition that is mainly considering originality over a technicality when it comes to artwork (Sooful 2). Today, especially with improved technology, artists have designed new artistic skills that facilitate them to develop an artwork that is highly skillful and unique at the same time. The field of artistic has greatly expounded and has accommodated individuals with varying skills that have significantly improved the artwork (Sooful 5). Here are the top 3

Modern art has so starkly broken off from the millennia of art before it that it has thoroughly bewildered people. Until the late nineteenth century, most art contained intricate details and required innumerable hours of labor, whether the artist is meticulously chipping at a block of marble, carefully stroking paint onto a canvass, or painstakingly writing words on a page. Furthermore, the results was generally made to be pleasing to the viewer. But much of modern art strikes many viewers as not being art at all: It is merely random drips of paint on a canvass, or ordinary objects such as sticks arranged in a simple pattern, or even found objects on

There is not a form of art today that is not scrutinised or criticised in any way shape or form in today’s society. (Harold Boom)

An unknown author once said, “[T]he question is not whether photography is fine art per se – neither painting not sculpture can make that claim – but whether it is capable of artistic expression; whether in the hands of a true artist its productions become works of art.” This quote, published in 1862, in the Photographic Journal; although quoted over 150 years ago, during a time when artistry was taking different forms and evolving, this statement is no less true today. During these early years, photographers were in the infant stage; first crawling, experimenting with the camera, film, and subject matter, followed by the teenage grouping. Seen by groups of artist who followed similar paths and doubts, ‘What would the finished piece look like

In today’s society, technology and art go hand in hand. Art has been around for a long time but technology such as computers are still very new. These two mediums have comingled and now evolve and effect the other. Art has changed to reflect the vast improvements technology has contributed to communication and the ability to create using digital space. Technology has also changed with artist pushing the boundaries of what is technical possible in the digital realm. Much of today’s art is created and presented in digital formats. The question of whether digital art is truly art has risen among many critics in the art community.

People have drastically different opinions on the use of artistry in writing. Plato for one, believes that art is a terrible thing and should not exist because of its illusions. On the other hand, Patricia Smith uses it to, "create the desired impact or slam home a salient point." Smith did this by making up people and their stories and writing quotes from them as if they were real. Smith 's case is an example of why Plato was intent on the end of artistry. Some artists use qualities of writing meant for fiction in their nonfiction accounts. When they are discovered for breaking the rules of being a writer, they lose things like their jobs and credibility. Just like Patricia Smith, Bartolomé de Las Casas wrote in a way that is unethical

The uniqueness of Japanese art, especially in terms of Chinese art, depends on the historical era. As Lee (1962) points out, "There are periods in Japanese art where the artist is either copying, or is heavily influenced by, Chinese art. At such times it can be said that Japanese art is a strong reflection of Chinese art," (p. 3). At other times, though, small differences between the arts of China and Japan are "magnified to such an extent that they become fully developed and original styles," (Lee, 1962, p. 3). With regards to modern art, Japan is far more the influencer of Chinese art than vice-versa, as Fogel (2012) points out.

The article is an analysis of the state of the new media art. The new media uses digital communication to express its artwork and Muir (2002) choses certain works as illustrative examples of their format. Their spectrum was so-called old, middle-aged and modern digital art that spanned the 19th century to the present moment.

We can say that we live in societies of innovation and technology. Countries have formulated means for the showcase and encourage their artists to produce art. In the culture of technology, it has turned into a definitive instrument inside itself. An instrument utilized, though to accomplish political, financial, and social objectives. Society has diminished to a presence just to serve outside demands today. Art being a declaration of societal culture. Esteem inside society has an exchangeable relationship. The part of specialists from art, writing, music, verse, and so on is to be persuasive.

If art should mean something, then it is not the surprise that art is often tied to tradition. Being attached to traditional techniques, traditional standards of beauty, and traditional themes in art happens because art that follows tradition gains meaning from it. When artists reject tradition, or the meaning attached to the tradition, they will create art that gains meaning from changing or making new techniques, aesthetics, and themes. There is an argument about whether it is possible to completely reject tradition, or to create art that is totally new. However, many artists actually try to adopt the middle ground, innovating , moving away from tradition in some way, but at the same time to honor it another way. Therefore, a major tool that has revolutionizing art is the computer. “Since its first artistic application nearly thirty years ago, the computer has radically transformed the way in which art can be made and experienced. Digital technology has been incorporated into all stages of the art-making process, from design to execution” (Goodman 248). While it is not uncommon for many artists to reject computer tools when creating art, it is interesting to think of artists who adopt this modern tool and also seek to combine it somehow with traditional artistic techniques. To begin, when they use a new tool, it does not mean much