Complete the form below to post a message

Original Message "RE: The Death of Painting" Posted by Ilia on 10-Jan-02 at 05:15 AM LAST EDITED ON 10-Jan-02 AT 05:23 AM (PST)   Here is my take on that. Our life became more complicated, technology, population, knowledge database, etc. Many sciences had split into branches such as chemical physics, biochemistry, etc. Those "brunches" grew into independent "trees". However Art became even more generalized. I believe due to the luck of being an immediate necessity in a plain sense of the world - as the saying goes "The one can not tailor the coat from a thank you." The church has lost it's position and power and cannot any longer support the arts as it did before. Civil institutions, vulgar and banal by nature do not know and do not want to know how to. Everything Art began to be administered as a a business enterprise, missing the main objective and seeing just a decorative function. Function understandable and easily acceptable for lasy and arrogant or selfcentered mind, a pleasant supplement for the ego. And as a concequence gently robbing Art and Decoration from it's respective purposes. Here is the "punch line" There are two related but independent by now phenomena's: Art and Decoration. The purpose of Art is through illustrating(for the luck of a better word) our irrational beliefs refine us spiritually and give us a reason and a hope. The purpose of Decoration, is to fulfil our desires for vanity and comfort, making our lifes materially refined. Both of this functions are of the equal importance, however, as artists, it is up to us to keep those in balance. So, I think Art is sick of artists as well as decorators that shy away from facing this task and this is the illness I am referring to.

Go back     FAQ       Conferences Post form Your Message Name*: Subject*: Message*:   HTML Ok Use [] in place of <> HTML Reference   Images Ok   Click on a smilie to add it to your message.   >Here is my take on that. > >Our life became more complicated, technology, >population, knowledge database, etc. >Many sciences had split into branches such as >chemical physics, biochemistry, etc. Those >"brunches" grew into independent "trees". >However Art became even more generalized. I >believe due to the luck of being an immediate >necessity in a plain sense of the world - as the >saying goes "The one can not tailor the coat >from a thank you." The church has lost it's >position and power and cannot any longer support >the arts as it did before. Civil institutions, >vulgar and banal by nature do not know and do >not want to know how to. > >Everything Art began to be administered as a a >business enterprise, missing the main objective >and seeing just a decorative function. Function >understandable and easily acceptable for lasy >and arrogant or selfcentered mind, a pleasant >supplement for the ego. And as a concequence >gently robbing Art and Decoration from it's >respective purposes. > >Here is the "punch line" There are two related >but independent by now phenomena's: Art and >Decoration. > >The purpose of Art is through illustrating(for >the luck of a better word) our irrational >beliefs refine us spiritually and give us a >reason and a hope. >The purpose of Decoration, is to fulfil our >desires for vanity and comfort, making our lifes >materially refined. > >Both of this functions are of the equal >importance, however, as artists, it is up to us >to keep those in balance. > >So, I think Art is sick of artists as well as >decorators that shy away from >facing this task and this is the illness I am >referring to. Check if you DO NOT wish to use emotion icons in your message

Powered by DCForum Version 6.22
© 1997-2002 DCScripts. All rights reserved.

Take Advantage of the Free Shipping!