THE ART OF THE QUESTION (q. 179-194 of 232)
-When do we consider a work/an idea complete?
-How do we value/evaluate a work/an idea? What is aesthetic value?
-Why should we ask questions?
-Why is it important to constantly search for who, why, what, where I am, and what it means to be human? How does art help in this process?
-What is meant by inclusive, accessible, and approachable artwork? How can an artwork accommodate all these qualities, i.e., in its process of making, visual composition, conceptual structure, etc.?
-What is meaning? Does everything have meaning? How do we access it?
-How does the process of naming/defining influence our view of the particular thing that is being named? How does this process contribute to reality as a whole?
-Can we simultaneously be aware of the overall unity, and the arbitrary separation that is caused by the process of naming/defining?
-Is reality unified, or collection of separate entities?
-Where do we choose to draw the line between two items, in order to separate/name them? In a rainbow where does yellow become red?
-Why do we have this process of naming anyway?
-Do we have names in order to be able to identify?
-What is the relationship between an identity and a name? That is, is an artwork’s identity summarized in the name? Is it “political art” political, and “aesthetic art” not political? Where do we draw the line between the two?
-What is “political art”? Does it include the landscape painting on the wall?
-How do we determine that a work of art is political, social, ethnic, classical, contemporary, modern, folk, craft, outsider, visionary, etc.?
-What is expressing oneself? When do we say that a rosebush is expressing itself? When it grows leaves, develops roots, produces branches, buds and flowers, and/or when the flower fades and the leaves turn yellow?
(via burntbythesun)
hello@caseyagollan.com / Subscribe to RSS / Email Updates
Subscribe via RSS.
