2006-09-17 01:53:54 · 15 answers · asked by allgiggles1984 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Other - Visual Arts
more details would be good.
2006-09-17 02:21:24 · update #1
Postmodern art is the thing that people always ask me about when they find out I'm an art student. Usually, it goes along the lines of "What's the point?" and then I have to explain the finer points of Tracy Emin to them. So maybe that would be a good one....
Or how about arguing the differenc ebetween art & pornography, i.e. what makes Jeff Koons' Made in Heaven series art and not porn? What about Robert Mapplethorpe?
Haha, now you've got me started...
2006-09-17 01:56:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Has art lost its very meaning?
What is there art for and what represents? And whatever that what represents is, how can you value it and why should you?
Does an English artist represent a cultivated Italian middle class person? Why or why not?
Art does have a social impact one way or another, so does the dollar! Has art become dollar? And most annoyingly has the dollar become art? Has art turned into a currency of its own, in its own right enabling us to buy…dollars? (If you give a person a painting, you can buy some dollars and that person on their turn can buy (possibly) more dollars in the future).
Maybe there is not such thing as so-called artists, but only craftsmen. -You ask the craftsman for an art piece that somehow represents you and the craftsman makes that piece for you. Is it where that frenzy should stop? Possibly-. Art is personal, as is the way you find your self relaxing. Anything beyond that point is ‘agnosia’. And very likely a trade market, nothing more nothing less. Buy and sell. And that’s not what art is or should be, if there is still the belief of the acceptance of ‘art’ to what that title represents.
Maybe a great reading to start with and to give you some grounds to debate something like this will be Plato’s Republic. Find a link to a copy further down:
But remember, DO NOT quote Plato if you HAVEN’T read him entirely, by doing so to someone who is ready to debate something like Art, there will be many quotes and questions on Plato’s work if you mention his work and if you haven’t read the entire work of Plato, you’ll most certainly be not taken seriously and the opposition might think you are a show off and very likely to lose the debate. But then again losing or winning a debate, makes you neither a loser nor a winner. You haven’t lost or won anything that wasn’t there in the first place.
I can go on forever, as there is no end to debating…about art and society too.
http://www.constitution.org/pla/republic.htm
ps. Book 10 is what will give you an insight into Plato’s views about Art. But I strongly suggest you read all books. It is a great read, a must.
Enjoy debating art :)
2006-09-23 22:52:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Purely from an art perspective, an open bowl of contention is whether computer generated art deserves the same merit as more traditional forms of art ( in my opinion it does) and from a slightly social perspective, why is art regarded by many schools as a "soft" subject and not of any crucial significance, when the various forms of art play such an important role in today's society, eg. architecture,advertising,special effects in movies etc
2006-09-17 09:01:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Craft vs. Art
What is craft, what is art? Is there a difference? Is one better than the other?
This is one that's been debated in like half of my art classes, and one I'm having to deal with personally, as my chosen medium is traditionally a "craft." Btw, some mediums that are traditionally crafts include woodworking, ceramics, and metalsmithing.
2006-09-17 17:59:19 · answer #4 · answered by spunk113 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ancient arts
2006-09-21 08:19:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Modern Art it causes alot of debate
Some that dont like art are classed at art
2006-09-17 09:01:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it justifiable for thundreds if not thousands of pounds to be spent on pieces such as the Angel of the North, London Eye, etc when there are so many homeless and starving in these areas.
Could debate that.
2006-09-17 09:02:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is the British Artist Banksy's work art, public art or graffitti?
Does Angelina Jolie spending $200,000 on his work suddenly make him an artist or does the actual work remain public and graffitti art?
2006-09-24 17:28:53 · answer #8 · answered by AzaC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Art: Medicine or Poison?
2006-09-17 14:12:05 · answer #9 · answered by Sketch 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Should art students be made to draw and explore ideas in an abbatoir?
2006-09-18 08:34:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋