Do you think art can be free?

Question

Here, art is defined as anything the artist creates in an attempt to convey their idea of art.

If you think it can be free, how? If you think it cannot be free, why not?

What is free art?

What do you think of when you see the phrase "free art"?

What could we do to spread the idea of free art?

How can we free art?

Answer 1

Vincent VanGough only sold one painting in his entire life and yet he did not let it deter him from creating in the style he wished to convey.

I am not in agreement that we are lucky to live in a day in age that we reside within. I am a great frequenter of galleries and I see the stuff that sells that is mass produced like crazy and therefore in 'every gallery' and not because it is necessarily good (and yet SOME of it is) but more often it is composed by an artist that uses cheap tricks of mass production that is more 'clever' than art.

Now you take me for instance. I paint portraits. You know what sells? Faceless people. Faceless children, so people can imagine it to be 'their' child. Faces blurred...or turned back to the observer. I have been told countless times to 'paint in a way that will sell.'

Do I do it? Heck no. I paint people. I paint souls.
I paint what people are 'thinking' and THAT is the only thing that appeals to me. When I paint what I want, I am arrested by my work, I will paint fourteen hours straight and never be bored as I enter a state of sheer enlightenment. A Zen. Care I if it sells? Well, I am always glad when I find an admirer and yes it tickles me when I sell a piece, but I will not 'sell out.'

Free Art is when, this above all else, to thine own self be true. When it is not the constructs of the world that dictates what we create, it is the soul itself that expresses existence through whatever medium we so decree Art, be is dancing or wordsmithing or any myriad of higher callings.

Anything else is just another form of prostitution.

By the way, if you want to know for sure what I call free art, click on my 360 and you will see how I perceive it, for Art is, after all...in the eye of the beholder.

Answer 2

Art cannot be free because it is something that we as a society put a value on, and because it is valued by so many people that drives up the price. If you want free art, it's simple, make some. However, most people don't want to do that. They want a Picasso or a Warhol, because that is what they think of when they think of art. I say art is whatever an artist says it is, so put some value into the art that knowone else wants, and you can have free art.

Answer 3

All art is free.
I make art.
I put it on display.
I don't charge people to view it.
Art is creative self expression in the visual, in sound, in dance, in theatrics, in writing.
To own art or a piece of art, like any comody, that you earn a living from, one must exchange
money or barter with an item of exchange agreed upon by both persons-Artist and Consumer.
I think too many people think artists are gifted and should give their work away, when they would never think of telling a lawyer or doctor the same thing.

"Free Art" such as operas or art shows in a park are usually paid for by some one, or some organization or tax money.

We should teach people to value art or appreciate art more than we do now.
Sweat, Blood, Inspiration, Perspiration, Education, Practice, Prototypes,Real Suffering
go into a work of art.

We are luckier in this age than in other centuries. There are reproductions of art in books, newspapers, magazines, department stores. There is art on office walls, in restaurants and on post office walls and in people's homes that we visit and in Free Public Libraries - all of these are free to view and wonder over.

To me, art is life and breath and beauty which no one can take from me.

Answer 4

absolutely, I think it can be and should be. Thats one reason why I am for free downloading of music. If anyone gets into art "for the money" they arent true artists. If it were free(its not now) we wouldnt have ashlee simpsons or britney spears for example. (as you can see my passion for art is mainly music).
We woudlnt have this pseudo art. we would have real artists expressing themselves for pure reasons.

Answer 5

art is something you create from you heart. art is something that makes you feel good inside. art can also be a stress reliever. some people use art to show their emotions

Answer 6

No it can't be. Just live human lives. Humans are and never will be free. Even being that indivudal it's nothing free.
So just because "it comes from the heart" it's indeed indivudal, but it won't be catagorized as "Free"

Answer 7

the art come from inside

Answer 8

good click the music..in case you have a mac i'm undecided.. circulate to get data and there's a tab for paintings.. you are able to to google, or everywhere reproduction the conceal and paste it in and it is going to paintings