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Saying "art is in the eye of the beholder" is an oversimplification. Art is deeply connected to context and culture, and to argue that anything qualifies as art
by rambojohnson 3y ago
Saying "art is in the eye of the beholder" is an oversimplification. Art is deeply connected to context and culture, and to argue that anything qualifies as art is to sever it from what lends it significance and substance. It is BEAUTY, instead, that truly resides in the eye of the observer.
- mitjam 3y agoThe oversimplification critique applies to almost everything. Beauty is also deeply connected with culture. What I wanted to highlight ist that it is not the act of production that decides: what is art? (for me at least). From the artist‘s point of view, the desire to set a sign, or to „put a dent in the universe“, to create something new, inspiring, different, is more art-defining than mastering a craft. In German there is a saying: If you can do something, it is not art. In that sense art is, what you cannot (yet) do, because of missing technique, convention, fear, creative enlightenment, etc. Often, great art is an act of courage at it‘s time that helped to pave the way.