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An interesting concept

TheCatWoman

Art is the craft of being human.

I really relate to this, but others don't as they seem to see art and craft as two very different things with art being more lofty than craft, which is mearly the ability to do something competantly. For me it goes to the heart of what art is, it is the crafting of non verbal means of sharing a concept, although I do think words can be art too, a beautifully crafted sentence is a thing of beauty.

What do you all think?

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  • I don’t think the concepts of art and craft need be in competition with each other. Craft such as needlework, dress design and pottery can be art but these things can also be utilitarian. For instance, Picasso modelled pots, plates and figures which sold for £100,00.00 +. I think that a drawing or painting  would be art rather than craft.

    Your idea of sharing a concept through non verbal means could be art, although not every concept shared necessarily would be art, eg, technical drawing.

    Art is a philosophy of being human.

  • in reply to ArchaeC

    I'm never sure about philosophy, I find it very confusing and hard to get into, some of the stuff I've read I just want to say to the author, 'ffs sake, get over yourself'.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    It’s just a way of looking at different frameworks and approaches to investigating art. Just as history and archaeology can use frameworks in research. 

    Visual art provokes artists and users/viewers to explore what it means to be a human, our needs, values, desires, belief system. For example, approaches to studying art can include:

    Social construction: An artwork can tell us something of human identities, values, roles within family/society, relationships.

    Phenomenology: Art is often a way to express the lived experience and consciousness of being in the world.

    Religion/spirituality: Art may express a belief or morality.

    Materialism: Art can show aspects of humans as biological beings which lead to their choices and values.

    Gender studies: Art is often used to explore gender.

    These approaches (and many more) can show how humans make, use and view art.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    It’s not philosophy per se. It’s more an anthropological inquiry.

    For me, art can illustrate aspects of the meaning of life.

    I think that is the beauty of art. it’s more than aesthetic appeal. It conveys human thought processes and the viewer is provoked to feel something as you did when you smelt the air when looking at a painting in an exhibition.

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    It’s not philosophy per se. It’s more an anthropological inquiry.

    For me, art can illustrate aspects of the meaning of life.

    I think that is the beauty of art. it’s more than aesthetic appeal. It conveys human thought processes and the viewer is provoked to feel something as you did when you smelt the air when looking at a painting in an exhibition.

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