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Friday, December 14, 2012

SNL149

ART JUST WHAT IS ART.

BLANK CANVAS, BOARD, WALL, STATUE, ANY PHYISCAL FORM THAT CAN BE USED TO ACCEPT COLOUR.  THIS IS AN INTEGRAL NEED OF ART.  ART FLOURISHES BECAUSE IT RECIEVES SUBSTANIAL PATRONAGE.  THE CENTRAL QUESTION IS WHY?  DOES ART CREATE SOME KIND OF INTELLECTUAL STIMULUS, DOES PEOPLES LACK OF SUPPOSED ABILITY GIVE RISE TO A NEED TO ACCEPT OTHERS WORKS AS PROFUND AND BEAUTIFUL. EXPRESSING SOME HIDDEN DESIRE.  IS THERE SOME CULTURAL STRUGGLE PROVOKING DISCUSSION WHERE ART IS CONCERNED.  WHY IS THERE ALWAYS CLASS DIVISION, WEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITIES IN ART.  WHAT DOES ART CAPTURE, TIME, SPACE, THOUGHT, REASON, NEED, OR JUST NOTHING.  DONE JUST BECAUSE A THOUGHT, A DESIRE TO DO, HAS ELECTRICALLY BEEN GENERATED IN THE BRAIN, THAT NEEDS AN OUTLET.  IS THIS PURE THOUGHT, PERHAPS, BUT WHAT IS LOST IN THAT PURE THOUGHT AS WE TRY TO TRANSLATE IT ONTO OUR PALLET OF CHOICE.  DOES TO MUCH THOUGHT DESTROY THE BEAUTY OF THE PURE ART THOUGHT?  PERHAPS ART SHOULD BE FREE OF TO MUCH THOUGHT.  THE VORTEX OF THE MIND IS A WINDOW INTO THE PAST AND THE FUTURE AND THE NOW AT THE SAME TIME.  AN ARTIST IS NOT A CRITIC, AN ARTIST IS NOT THE SOUL CREATOR, THE ARTIST IS ONLY  THE MEDIUM THAT PRODUCES THE ART.  WITHOUT THIS CONCEPT ART IS PRIMITIVE AND UNEVOLVING.  WHY DO ARTIST FEEL COMPELLED TO FEEL THEY ARE PROVIDING THOSE AROUND THEM WITH SUCH GREAT AND NECESSARY SOCIAL TREASURES.  ART IS A SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCE BOTH FOR THE ARTIST AND THE VIEWER, OR SHOULD BE.  ART IS A FORM OF CAMOUFLAGE, TO CREATE, FEELINGS OF LOVE, FEAR, DISPAIR, DOUBT, UNCERTAINITY, JOY, PEACEFULNESS, AW, AND SABOTAGE.  THE ARTIST NEEDS TO RESPECT THOSE WHO FIND ART USELESS, FOR IT IS, UNLESS ON SOME LEVEL IT IS CAPABLE OF DEMANDING SOME HUMAN RESPONSE, EITHER, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, BUT SOME RESPONSE.  IF IT JUST HANGS OR STANDS EXPOSED TO LIGHTING AND WALLS, WITH NO DIRECTION OTHER THAN TO REPRODUCE AN EXISTING IMAGE, THEN YOU CANNOT DISMISS THE ASSUMPTON THAT ART IS BORING, UNINTERESTING AND OF NO VALUE.  ART DOES NOT DEMAND THE MASTERY OF AN ONE TECHNIQUE, JUST THE DESIRE TO DO IT.     THE ARTISTIC PRACTICE MUST BECOME FULLY INTEGRATED INTO A COMMON REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE TO FIND, COMPASSION, LOVE AND PEACE.

HARRY BELLICK
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