“*Looking at art, absorbing its full impact takes time and repeated visits. *
Although the Museum in an effective way to look at art and certainly the most efficient, art museums are relatively new. Indeed, before the 19th century, art was not made to be viewed in museums. Ultimately, art is everywhere: in "galleries, corporate lobbies and offices, places of worship, and private homes. It can be found in public spaces, from "subway stations and "bus stops to plazas to such civic buildings as libraries, performing art centers, and city halls. University and college buildings are often filled with art, and the buildings themselves are art. The chair you are sitting in and the house and building you are reading this [excerpt]in are also work of art, maybe not great art, but art all the same, as Duchamp told us “Even the clothes you are wearing are art.” And everywhere you find art; it is telling you something and making statement.”
[RIGHT]…..extracted from “A Basic History of Western Art” by Janson and Janson.[/RIGHT]
Ps. ….but this forum is not meant to portray Kitsch as art. BE RATIONAL!
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as Duchamp told us “Even the clothes you are wearing are art.” And everywhere you find art; it is telling you something and making statement.”
I believe whole heartedly in this statement and here is my take.. It all started with anything and everything that nature had to offer.. let it be the shades of green in all the trees or the different shapes they create with light and shadow..the deep blue ocean and misty grey evening sky.. there is too much of the attractive stuff, so pleasing to the eye that we can't ignore. Not only can we not ignore it .. we want more and more of it.. so we wore colorful clothes when there weren't enough flowers to look at .. or maybe we wanted to be as attractive as the spring season.. where else could the inspiration have come from.. the petals of a blossomed flower or the panels of a summer dress,, someone must have had a keen eye to comeup with that... Once the language of beauty was said thru spring colors .. the need to express emotions like sadness .. grief... excitement.. loss.. emptiness.. fulfillment etc.. and thats where each and every thing became Art.. Once anything expressed an emotion or conveyed a message it was considered art..It is now left only to the sensitivity in the observer's eye.. they can either see an emotion of being trapped OR getting ready for a new beginning just by looking at an image of a simple door.
like someone said..beauty lies in the eye of the beholder ..