Drawing Final: Research

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Quote Analysis

"The point is, that every piece of art changes your whole perception of the rest of the world for the rest of your life. 

And it's not a joke! And if it doesn't, then it's not art, it's a commodity."

Every piece of art is made with intention.  There is a thought process and inspiration for each piece that it thought out thoroughly.  Weather the intention of the artwork is carried through into someone's view on the work or not, there is going to be a reaction by viewing it.  By reacting to the art it may be in ways that aren't as obvious as the work "changing your life". Thats the thing about art like everything else in the world, people have different perspectives on it.  Weather its life changing or not people are going to have a opinion on it.  The work is there its in front of you and your going to think about it.  As human beings its inevitable your going to have a thought on this work, the artist made it, and is showing it for a reason.  We have to perceive that in our own way. Regarding if art has to " change your whole perception of the rest of the world for the rest of your life." may not necessarily be true, to that extent.  I believe that if art is even just referred back to at one point in someone's life it can still be called a "real work of art". If someone is inspired by the piece that can be considered life changing.   These affects they have on us may only last a minute, a day, the rest of our life or it may re-present itself in time that will affect us then.  However , the point is that art is going to effect the viewer in some way weather its good or bad.  There is going to be a reason for what you feel when you look at the piece and why you are feeling this way about it.  Because there is reasoning behind the piece for making it.  The artist made this piece to say something and even if the reason wasn't strong or present itself right away its there behind the piece and there is always going to be something to think about when reviewing it.  That could be another opinion too.  Weather or not  a piece of art is interesting enough to look at and study.  is that what they say when they begin talking about if something is "not art".  What I get out of that is that if the art work does not speak for itself, if it is just "there" in a sense.  Do they consider this "just a commodity"?  Or if the artwork is not exciting, or different, or if it has been done before, is it then, "just a commodity".  There are mixed feelings regarding this situation.   In many cases art is subjective, sometimes that can be the deciding point weather or not people believe the work is a commodity.  When art is created it some people may not "get it" or appreciate the work as someone else may get a lot more out or it and a lot more appreciation for it.  Thats why I feel like the whole situation is personal beliefs. There could be a style of art that may not change someone's perception for the rest of their life because they do not appreciate the style of the work. However, I do not think that should make it automatically considered a commodity.   Regarding the quote by Lawrence Weiner, I believe it to be true to a certain point.  Most of the quote I feel is personal and some ones own opinions should decide how they feel about it. Like many other things in life Art is something each person will have an opinion about.  Someone who may describe something as "a commodity" may be something totally different on someone else's opinion on that piece. "art should change you whole perception on the rest of the world " could be a little over dramatic.  That personally if art inspires you rather, that is life changing in my eyes but not quite as large of a scale as they make it seem.   In the end I feel as though anything with intention can be art.  When there is meaning for making the piece or showing the piece the artist has a purpose for it and weather people see the ideas behind it or not it is worthy of being called art.  In the end not everyone in the world is going to agree on something, we all have different opinions.  So if someone finds something to be a commodity and not have an effect on the world they do not have the right to categorize it as not being art.