This is a course blog for Kristin Scott’s (summer, 2008) Columbia College Chicago Reviewing the Arts class. Students respond to assignment readings and viewings, but others (outside the class and/or college) are also invited to comment, as long as the commentary is related to the class concerns or topics being addressed.
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Toi Neeley // June 4, 2008 at 12:30 pm |
According to Winterson art must waken us to truths about ourselves and our lives. (Quoted from Winterson) “truths that normally lie suffocated under the pressure of the 24-hour emergency zone called real life. Art can bring us back to consciousness, sometimes quietly, sometimes dramatically, but the responsibility to act on what we find is ours.” Winterson in my opinion suggested a deal of duty to the viewer when taking in any piece of art. As an artist I feel that you are only responsible in delivering what is in your heart weather it is simple or not. Due to this, suggestion it makes everyone such as the artist or the viewer take responsibility on what we find in the art ourselves. I believe any art that awakens you is doing it’s jobs weather you agree with the art piece it self or not. The mere fact that any emotion or feeling of rage, excitement, sadness, disappointment, nervousness and ect, provokes you means that it has awaken you subconsciously. Any piece of art work that can provoke any type of emotion from you is doing it’s job in my opinion. Anything that challenges your imagination, broadens your horizon, or instantly create space of similarity from everyday life experience will always awaken the viewer. Winterson quoted in reference to art, “We don’t need to believe in it, but we can experience it” I’m not sure if I agree with this statement totally and I’m sure others may disagree but in my opinion how can you experience some and don’t believe it. To have an experience would mean that you would have to accept it at some point to indulge in the idea weather, it’s for 2.5 seconds (before you tune out) or and 30 minutes of reflection. In order to have an experience you must acknowledge it’s very existences, so how could you not believe in it but experience it. To let yourself “Go There” for an experience, to some degree you must acknowledge the idea because if you didn’t, you wouldn’t be able to have any type of an experience. Is it truly possible to have an experience and pick and chose your experience? I don’t feel that it would be true experience in that case. For an example, if I seen a piece of art work that reminded me of physical absuse and I never experienced physical absuse in my life but the artist found a common thread trigger a certain emotion to make me feel angry, vengeful, or sad, do I reject the art by acknowledging that it’s another piece of art on display and keep moving along because I can’t relate and don’t chose to or do I acknowledge the artist experience and place myself as a viewer with an open mind to “Go There” and have an experience to see beyond my own personal experience previously before I placed eyes on the art?
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