Art has been around for thousands of years. It is a way of expressing oneself and making a personal connection to the world around us. Art is much more than a brush stroking against a canvas—it is a part of our imagination come to life in the form a film, drawing, music, and literature. Because of how much art can impact society, we must have a social responsibility as a community to enforce the learning and practice of the arts. Art can be used as a way of reaching out to preach about racial prejudices. “Excuse Me, Can I see Your ID?” is an art exhibit created by Lonnie Lee. Lee is an Asian-American woman who designed this museum as means of showing the harsh truth Asian-Americans face on the daily. ““Excuse Me, Can I See Your ID? is not intended for the white gaze.” (Frank). This exhibit shows what the white-dominated art world does not. Each piece of work tells the story of different individuals and their struggles of what it is like conforming in America where Asians are viewed as “perpetual foreigners”. From one medium to another, the Black Arts Movement, which lasted from 1965 to 1975, was a great impact on society. Following the assassination of Malcolm X, black people came together to protest their liberty. While it had the most effect in theatre and poetry, African Americans spoke their minds through literature, visual arts, and music. Not only reaching cultural recognition and economic success, the Black Arts Movement brought about modern-day hip hop and spoken word.
The arts have a way of bringing a community together by having people discuss a certain topic or controversy currently going on in the world. The arts open minds and hearts to something previously overlooked or bashed on—it breaks barriers. “When we sit in that darkened theatre or walk through a well-lit gallery, it opens us to experiences different from our own—pasts and futures we’ll never experience in our lifetimes. It opens us to compassion. It opens us to dialogue, new ideas, and new understanding.” (Robinson). In cities filled with crime, violence, and poverty, artists Dre Urhahn and Jeroen Koolhaas were able to bring a community of people together. These two men traveled all the way to favelas—slums in Brazil—to transform
Art was a way for students to express their inner thoughts and views creatively. For senior Lauren Mabe art was a way to express herself in various ways. Students’ artwork was inspiring to many and held significant meaning. “Art is a form of personal expression. It teaches everyone how to observe life in every detail. It teaches people how to develop concepts and think more deeply about a topic. As an artist, art creates a form of pride- there is nothing better than stepping back from something you have created and saying ‘Wow, I actually did that!’ The only thing better than that feeling is when someone pays you for it,” said Ms. Wilson.
Art has been a factor of our life as long as humanity has existed. For thousands of years, art has been created, observed, critiqued, and enjoyed by human beings in many regions across the world. Art aren’t just murals, sculptures, music, books or anything that someone may define as art but more of a bigger picture like if has a deeper meaning such a message or a theme that is looked upon. Art can be viewed at as many different ways in terms of people having different reactions or observing it in a different meaning. Someone could feel that the art work is very extraordinary and unique but someone else can have a different reaction and feel like it is no different than other artworks and have a literalist view upon the art. One art that made
Art is a great way to show passion as well as emotion and thoughts. There have been many great visual artists and there still is today. Art has been around for a long, long time and will continue to be in our community for many more years to come. Art is created in many ways and is admired in different
Art is something that can be described and expressed in several different ways to communicate ideas and emotions through visualizations. Through art we are able to see the world like never before. It inspires and motivates us to be creative. We are able to think further and beyond. In addition, art gives us the ability to understand what artists are trying to display and the messages they are trying to convey through their works. Art can be found anywhere and created by anyone (Dewitte, Larmann, and Shields 29-30).
Art in general is a form of expression. Individuals use art to express emotions, passion, or make a statement. Society can have an impact on how an artist chooses to express his or her sentiments. The beauty of it all is that interpretation is what makes art so unique. The same piece of art can mean so many different things due to who is looking at it. Just like everything else, art changes with time. There has been different eras in art that have impacted society as we know it.
The world we live in has tremendously evolved. We live in a world that is extremely technical and specialized. When someone goes off to college, they focus on learning the skills they need that will allow them to pursue a beneficial employment. Barely any time is spent studying the various arts. Art is often viewed by the people of our world as “a waste of time” or “pointless”, as it does not have any constructive application in most of their lives needs.
Art is important to culture and our society. Society is culture, or more accurately, society is the people who make up a
Prior to people writing off art, every person needs to sit down educated themselves about the culture. The information is extensive to learned about but very informative. Though art is considered to be an expression of creativity, it holds certain qualities that will benefit society. Art is more than express the creativity, it is a source of stress reliever, a channel of communication, and it deescalates the racial tension. Art has played a significant role in the gilded era, social justice movements and diversity. Art ideology brought unity among people and it also gave the world visual representation of time. That representation is being discussed in today society allowing people to have peaked at the times back then. Finally, as society
“Artists who didn’t grow up in Boyle Heights see it as a blank canvas, they don’t realize they are painting over another work of art”, Voices of people living in communities all around LAL are being silenced by larger galleries suffocating local contemporaries. When on trend, these galleries begin to draw in artists and crowds from outside the community, again this can be seen as a good thing, however when galleries don’t support their community they allow for the unintentional creation of a new arts district that people can not afford and begin to be displaced. Independent spaces quickly begin to disappear along with the artists they often feature; these bigger galleries need to engage with these communities so voices can be heard to their fullest potential in all communities around Los
A display of public art is not a random act of expression encapsulated across a large canvas overnight but a formulated piece of culture for society to witness and experience. Each piece we have seen this semester has embodied the time and effort it takes to not only create a piece of art worth seeing but giving it a story and meaning more powerful than the piece itself. These pieces have given its audience a glimpse into the known, what the cameras and media neglect. Pieces like the To Protect and Serve, Vietnam Memorial, and Bus Poster all go deeper than the surface to deliver a compelling message that outlines a serious issue.
Art is an essential part of society, whether it be in the 1800s or our century we live in today. It is a great way to express ourselves in ways that words cannot, and is commonly known as an important part in stress relief. Art helps show the emotions of the artists and how the world around them was represented on the canvases. One of the most famous painters the world has gotten the privilege to witness is Pablo Picasso.
Public art creates an open space where viewers are invited to engage in difficult and poignant conversations that are usually avoided. Take for example Kara Walker’s work located at The Metropolitan Museum of Art: After The Deluge. She titles this art show with reference to Hurricane Katrina, and much like the aftermath, the art concerns muck quite literally and metaphorically. After The Deluge accentuates on race, class, and the polluted waters that were created by Hurricane Katrina. This public art piece consists of a plethora of black silhouette figures strategically placed on top of a ghostly wall, plain and white. The black-on-white narratives render all of the silhouettes black, even though one is to perceive the slaves from the whites – a task which is not difficult thanks to Walker’s inclination towards heavily using the well-known racial stereotypes. Nonetheless, the silhouettes show that the encounter between the
Some people look at art as something trivial, a thing people do because they are too lazy to have a professional occupation, but to others, art engulfs their whole world, gives life meaning, and they feel as if talent is only gained by hard work. With these opinions, there can be a debate on including art in education, and whether or not the education system should be putting more of an emphasis on teaching children art. Specifically visual art, although there are valid arguments on why other spectrums of the arts should also be taught in school.
Art is a catalyst of change. It can confront both social and political issues as well as providing people with a creative outlet in which they can express their innermost thoughts and feelings - but what effect can art have on our society as a whole? Artists today have the unique ability to connect with people in a creative, innovative way that they can understand and interpret themselves. With this ability, artists are able to express their own views as well as influencing the views of others. Art is an immense part of our world – so much so that we barely even consider its impact upon us – but just how significant is the work of artists in our modern day society?
A lot of people think that art can only go as far as a class in school, but in reality there is art around everyone. Art can be a way of life for some people, and for others it is simply just something they pass every single day. What they do not realize is that art can have benefits in different aspects in their life, in children's lives, and even the world around them.