i'm in England,....I am `English`.....at present a painting i have done is near completion. To give you a rough idea its 6x4,has a gold line an inch thick that seperates white and black paint, when a hand is run over the canvas a light at the rear comes on and shows thru the blackness...........it denotes that the white man through his ingenuity and genuis brought light to africa after sunset .............. not god . i've called it "let there be white"......what say you good people????????.
2006-07-20 18:31:02 · 10 answers · asked by tally Ho ! 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
Without being judgmental about the content of your piece or the explanation you are giving us, if your image has an specific message it is NOT art, it is illustration or visual communication and if you have to explain it is not very successful visual communication.
Art is about expression of emotions through the good use of the visual elements. Illustration and Visual Communication is about sending a specific messages through the good use of the visual elements.
Take 'Guernica' for example. Yes, Picasso painted it to describe a very specific event, and the picture is full of symbolism but still without knowing about the event and without getting into the details of the symbols the universal feeling you get when confronted to that picture is: horror, suffering, destruction and pain. That is what art is all about expressing emotions.
2006-07-21 04:34:46 · answer #1 · answered by Lumas 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Could it be true racism? I don't know what color the slaves were that built the pyramids... only that they were slaves. It is my opinion that defining art is a personal endeavor. And while it is not the question at hand: "'racist' or truth", it is not separate from asking if it's racist vs. art. This piece seems to be an expression of your beliefs. If you think an "expression of beliefs" qualifies a thing as art, than, yes, it is art... to you. But even if it IS art, can it not STILL be racist? Or does the label of "art" negate that possibility?
What do you define as racism? How do you define truth?
It is a whole nother issue, the idea of "white" people "bringing light to africa after sunset.......... not god." First, who's to say Africans' lives have been improved OR hindered by others? It is MUCH more accurate to speak of individual people and situations as opposed to making generalizations. While that cannot always be avoided there are innumerable instances where Africans' lives have not been benefited, but injured buy others.
I am unclear as to what is to be inferred by the word "sunset." I also do not understand how "god" plays into the work. It seems unexplained. What is to be derived from the gold line? How much is open to interpretation?
I know i have left you with more questions than answers, but i believe all great responses do... i hope my response has left you with a greater understanding. It has made me think on, and learn from these issues a bit more that i had before. Thank you.
2006-07-21 14:01:46 · answer #2 · answered by lo- 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, your painting in itself is not racist... if I were to look at a canvas with black on one side & white in the other, I would simply see a contrast of color... two sides of a spectrum. Which in a deeper sense can symbolize several relationships.
Your personal explaination of "white man through his ingenuity and genuis brought light to africa after sunset", with a light bulb shining through the black paint... sounds like a commercial for a local electric company trying to spread their business world wide.
As for your reference to man bringing light, rather than God, you do have a small point. Man did create the light bulb, not God. However, God created man's inquisative brain and the natural compounds required to form substances such as glass & wire... giving us the ability to invent such man-made trinkets. These trinkets in no way comparing to the creations of God. How does a light bulb even come close to the miraculous creation of the sun & moon?
Personally, I interpret "black being dissolved by a shining light" as evil being overcome by good. Nothing in reference to race.
Although the title "Let There Be White" may raise a few eyebrows. The whole thing sounds very generic to me.
2006-07-21 13:51:51 · answer #3 · answered by .·:*RENE*:·. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ur so ignorant. why would u put things like that on line ? nobody wants to hear about that kind of ****! it is a shame that the world is almost over and there is still racism going on. where is your soul going? have u ver thought about that!
2006-07-21 01:39:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just want to make a point here, who do you think built the pryimids? White slaves. Who do you think owned those slave? Black slave masters. It's art, therefore expressionism. Not racisim
2006-07-21 01:37:29 · answer #5 · answered by Toni 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alot of people are probably going to think that is racist, yes. I think you better come up with a different cock and bull story for it.
2006-07-21 10:47:29 · answer #6 · answered by my brain hurts 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ahah, i wonder wot u guys where like in the middle ages wen us jews still didnt have any affect on u... u where way white back in those days... huh?
2006-07-21 13:07:30 · answer #7 · answered by Piffle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds cool to me, the liberals be damned.
2006-07-21 11:41:30 · answer #8 · answered by Paul 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its ok it was the europeans who first called us ****** meaning something bad..when black is life..so its no fault of your that you shallow minded like that... its your ancesters fault and somewhat your small mind..that girl is wrong..blacks build the pyrimid
2006-07-21 02:47:39 · answer #9 · answered by artsarejanice.com 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you had to ask, you know it was wrong. what the hell is wrong with you?
2006-07-21 01:35:33 · answer #10 · answered by Mr. Charles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋