04-03-2007, 10:49 PM
Funny - I'm about your opposite where art is concerned. For me, art has to do at least one of two things:
1) Look nice, or
2) Pull some cool intellectually-stimulating visual trick, a la Escher.
If a piece of art manages to express something while still accomplishing either of those two things, then that's fine too, but to me, expression in art is not important. Sadly, abstract art can do both of the above, but more frequently eschews them and focuses solely on expressing something. (The OS X abstract desktop backgrounds are good examples of nice-looking abstracts that don't take themselves too seriously.)
I've heard it said that expression is the point of art. Well, I guess I don't like art then, because I just don't care. Call me a commoner if you like.
Fortunately, there's room for both of us in the world of art. Unfortunately, the world of art seems to subscribe to trends and shuns any who don't comply, and right now, abstract is
1) Look nice, or
2) Pull some cool intellectually-stimulating visual trick, a la Escher.
If a piece of art manages to express something while still accomplishing either of those two things, then that's fine too, but to me, expression in art is not important. Sadly, abstract art can do both of the above, but more frequently eschews them and focuses solely on expressing something. (The OS X abstract desktop backgrounds are good examples of nice-looking abstracts that don't take themselves too seriously.)
I've heard it said that expression is the point of art. Well, I guess I don't like art then, because I just don't care. Call me a commoner if you like.
Fortunately, there's room for both of us in the world of art. Unfortunately, the world of art seems to subscribe to trends and shuns any who don't comply, and right now, abstract is
in. Ah well.