What is conceptual art? That is a unique question to ask, I think that conceptual art can be anything that we see, it is created every day. Conceptual art allows us the opportunity to think about what the artist is trying to say. It can be comedic or it can have a serious tone too, at least behind the meaning. I think everyone’s idea of conceptual art also varies, just like the interviews we read this work or the works we saw, each of us find different meaning with each piece of art work. Conceptual art is the best way for an artist to get their thoughts, emotions, or beliefs out for the rest of the world to see, or maybe it is something that allows them to bring people together, or make people QUESTION themselves.
For instance Marina Abramovic and Ulay’s Imponderabilia, it required us to ask why they were standing at the entrance to the museum forcing people to choose which body they had to face, the male or female. It almost makes you ponder why they would be making people chose, did it mean that they wanted people to understand it is okay to be comfortable with your sexuality. If you faced the man and you were also a male did that hinder at some deeper meaning?? I was thinking about this while I looked at the website Professor Pacansky-Brock provided for us. It seems almost surreal that there would be anything but conceptual art. We are always looking especially in this class, at paintings, sculptures, drawings, or any other form of art and trying to analyze what the artist was trying to say what their statement meant. I think artists are in the best position to get their thoughts heard through their art, and allow people to not only understand what they were feeling but maybe add new feelings from that of the observer. I am a huge fan of conceptual art, I think I have more fun trying to find out what certain things mean, what the artist wants me to know or understand. If I were to have visited the same museum as Pacansky-Brock and was able to see the works by Ono, I might have found it so captivating. I love seeing how others react to something they don’t understand. That phone couldn’t have been a conceptual piece of art work could it?? To many it wasn’t until the woman was able to pick up the phone and be connected to someone they have never met, meaning that there were two very curious people that day! It makes you look within yourself to understand how your thought process is like that of the artist or how it is different.
For instance Marina Abramovic and Ulay’s Imponderabilia, it required us to ask why they were standing at the entrance to the museum forcing people to choose which body they had to face, the male or female. It almost makes you ponder why they would be making people chose, did it mean that they wanted people to understand it is okay to be comfortable with your sexuality. If you faced the man and you were also a male did that hinder at some deeper meaning?? I was thinking about this while I looked at the website Professor Pacansky-Brock provided for us. It seems almost surreal that there would be anything but conceptual art. We are always looking especially in this class, at paintings, sculptures, drawings, or any other form of art and trying to analyze what the artist was trying to say what their statement meant. I think artists are in the best position to get their thoughts heard through their art, and allow people to not only understand what they were feeling but maybe add new feelings from that of the observer. I am a huge fan of conceptual art, I think I have more fun trying to find out what certain things mean, what the artist wants me to know or understand. If I were to have visited the same museum as Pacansky-Brock and was able to see the works by Ono, I might have found it so captivating. I love seeing how others react to something they don’t understand. That phone couldn’t have been a conceptual piece of art work could it?? To many it wasn’t until the woman was able to pick up the phone and be connected to someone they have never met, meaning that there were two very curious people that day! It makes you look within yourself to understand how your thought process is like that of the artist or how it is different.
2 comments:
Your right on the money with your thougths on Conceptual Art. For me this Unit has been the most exciting because your not just looking for a specific thing,your looking for what it means to you.
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