2006-07-05 03:03:29 · 7 answers · asked by boo_gerv2 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
One of my favorite Impressionist paintings is of an old pair of worn out work boots that Van Gogh painted. It's not so much WHAT he painted - how inspiring can a dirty old pair of shoes be? It's the way he saw those boots and how he slashed the paint around to render them like nobody else in the world had ever done before or ever has since. Even if you are a abstract painter I think that you must still have a "subject" even if it is just a feeling or an impression. If there is no "object" that you are trying to interpet you may as well get your cat to walk through some paint and track it across your canvas. A "subject" does not have to be a landscape or a still life or a person, but there has to be some kind of inspirational object or concept that motivates the creation or you are just self indulgently slopping on paint. I had an artist friend whose wife was a very angry woman. When she was "in a violent snit" she would go to her studio and hurl paint - usually in violent smears of angry red and orange. We (her painting acquaintences) referred to it as her "tampon art" because that is what it looked like she was using on her canvas. She never sold a single canvas and it is all in an attic or basement or land fill somewhere now.
2006-07-08 09:34:55 · answer #1 · answered by ckswife 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think a subject is a pretty essential aspect of a good piece of work. I'm personally drawn to art that feels more resolved and conceptually rich, something that usually involves a conceptualized subject of some sort.
I've definately seen art that seems to be created from nothing and as a result is much less interesting to look at and does a worse job of holding my attention. I think any piece of art without thought just comes out looking like bad work.
2006-07-05 12:52:54 · answer #2 · answered by judithsr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I do abtract art, I never have a subject. It leaves my work open to interpretation, how ever it makes you feel that is the subject. It changes with every person. Some people just enjoy the work, others want to disect it. Everyone looks at it deferently. There will be people who will say subject is essential, but then where is the excitement and creativity. Ooh, bowl of fruit. Lady in chair. It's more exciting when the answers aren't given to you.
2006-07-05 03:55:10 · answer #3 · answered by wingnutrosie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Art evokes emotional response.
The medium and the subject are not necessary to the end. The PARTICULAR emotional response may dictate the subject to the artist, but one in particular is not required by either medium or intent.
2006-07-05 03:14:10 · answer #4 · answered by Marvinator 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is. If you don't have a subject in mind from the start, you don't have art. You have a mess.
2006-07-05 03:07:11 · answer #5 · answered by tkron31 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
art generally involves one or more particular pieces of subject matter. it helps if you have a subject to focus on and build your ideas around. honestly i can't think of a single piece of art that didn't have a subject. (no matter HOW incoherent........)
2006-07-05 03:10:33 · answer #6 · answered by the man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What every forms on the canvas or portal of use becomes a subject. period
2006-07-07 07:03:54 · answer #7 · answered by Nancy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋