All of these drawings were made by and are property of Alex Lievens.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Art Without a Cause
I believe that a lot of art is overanalyzed. As we have discussed in class, some art is merely "mystified" because of the media's attention, and we ourselves try to find the "secret" meaning behind it. I believe that it is very possible that a number of great and famous paintings may have been the result of an expanded "doodle" or a drawing that they may have mindlessly made, and perfected into greatness. This is to say that not all art has a secret, and deep meaning or inspiration behind it. My friend Alex Lievens is an artist who has made a number of great drawings, while in class nonetheless, and they all look amazing, but they do not have a deeply rooted meaning behind them, yet without a cause for its creation, this art, is still art.
All of these drawings were made by and are property of Alex Lievens.
All of these drawings were made by and are property of Alex Lievens.
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I agree, many artists make art to simply show beauty or creation, not to convey some deeper meaning. When people look too far into art to find meaning, they over analyze it and begin to throw their own opinions into a style of a painting. Although some art is meant to convey a message, not all art is.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I think that if an artist wanted his piece to convey a message, it wouldn't be that hard to find it. People who look very deep into pieces of art for a message or deeper meaning are many times searching for something that isnt there.