good art vs bad art??

Question

as an artist, how do you know if you are producing good art or bad art?

i'm a painter and self-taught...

Answer 1

Is someone moved by it - does it speak to someone? I think that is the way to tell.
I have seen some artwork that looked hideous to me and heard "I paid an absolute fortune for this....".
Had to bite my toungue to keep from asking if they are serious! I have seen some gorgeous work by street artists.
When it comes from the heart and reaches someone, it's always good art.

Answer 2

Art isn't rated as good and bad. That's just too narrow a window to ask for a judgment. Put 50 people in a room, and you'll get fifty opinions.

What makes good art is when whatever people say about your work makes them feel interesting or alive. It forces a response. If you place a good piece of art in a museum, and people talk about how horrible it was and how they hated it. And next week, they're still talking about it, that's a success! Maybe that art made them feel smug and superior and every time they thought about your art, it sustained and reinvigorated their superior attitude.

Read art critics and see what criteria they use to judge art. If your entire vocabulary of art criticism is "Good and Bad," then throw away your cave-man dictionary. If the art you're looking at only inspires you to say, "it's good." Then it's not good. Get it?

Here's a middle/high school class outline and notes on critical art language:

http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/letsnet/noframes/bigideas/b3/b3u2l1.html

Answer 3

There is no "bad" art. It is the perception of the artist and the acceptance of such in the current or former medium. For instance, the art of Picasso or Georgio DeChrico was not famous during their times. While Picasso enjoyed a proliferation of his works during his time, DeChrico (circa 1969) did not.

While Picasso, works by Chagall, Matisse, Van Gogh and Dali were not recognized during their times, they are now renowned in the art world.

As a collector and as one of appreciation, there are works that really do not make any sense. However, impressionists were the forerunner of that medium and though they were not appreciated at the time, have found exception in commanding extraordinary prices in the art forum.

How do you know if you are producing good art? You already have...

Answer 4

Good for what??? Bad for whom???? Art is not a commodity like salt or sugar. It has no set taste or content. Art is someones bare soul hanging on the wall. If it moans..if it sings...if it screams at us to listen in stark lines and jarring colors we need to be open and understand its message. Produce art as if you were giving birth...as if you were cooking dinner for your lover....as if you were involved in a deep conversation and the line and the color were your only words. Give your eyes and hands and your emotions to your work and I can guarantee you will not ask this question ever again.

Answer 5

The short answer is that you can't know because it's all subjective.

However, you should have some sense of whether or not you think your painting look "good" or not, whatever "good" might mean to you.

And if your style is supposed to be technical realism, then you can tell if its good based on how technically realistic they look. Thats kind of obvious.

Also, another obvious answer to your question is to show your art to as many differant people as you can and see what they think.

Answer 6

I too am an artist and the only results you can factor is - Is your art selling? Regardless of what you think of your own work - it is the thoughts of others that really matters.
Do the people in your area buy landscapes, still-lifes, portraits... focus on what the people want and they you will have "good" art.

Answer 7

All art is good. Live your passion. Life is long, buy my art - should be your motto. Good luck, good art.

Answer 8

beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so I guess there is not really any "bad" art...

Answer 9

if enough ppl like it, it's aesthetically pleasing and therefore, should be considered good.

or if it has a profound message.