Art as Expression and Communication

Art as expression and communication

No one can contain an intense emotion within himself for long. The tension would compel him to unburden himself or share the feeling with others.

Art has grown out of man’s need to express himself.

The artist’s thoughts at discovery and rediscovery may be philosophical, idealistic, militant, bitter, tolerant, humorous

In the system of communication, artists uses symbols. If symbols are understood, communication is established.

Artists as historian

Art as creation

Creation of Order -the innate craving to create an object that delight.

Re-ordering of already existing material.

Every product is an expression of that order, the artist’s personal viewpoint of order.

Art and experience

3 major experiences involved in the arts
(by the artist)

1.Communication - Act of expressing
2.Process - Act of creating
3.Fulfillment – Artist’s gratifying experience at having accomplished something.

Another kind of experience is the one felt by the onlooker/listener when they perceive art.

Victor Shlolvsky on the Art of Perception.

"The purpose of art is to impart the sensation of things as they are perceived and not as they are known. The technique of art is to make objects "unfamiliar," to make forms difficult, to increase the difficulty and length of perception because the process of perception is an aesthetic end in itself and must be prolonged."