Wk3 – Art Experience – You can Find Art Anywhere!

For our week 3 art activity, we formed small groups and found art in nature and framed it with tape. For our art, we chose this seemingly dull splotch of paint on a brick wall. The form of our art is relatively small compared to some of the art pieces that our other classmates presented. The form is also highly textured as seen through the grain of the brick prominently displayed in the picture. Building on that, there is a very strong emphasis on lines throughout the art coming from the texture of the bricks as well as the layout of the bricks. However, the white splotch of paint interrupts all of this and introduces a smoother looking texture with no semblance of fitting in with the lines of the bricks. As for aesthetics, it is honestly a piece that can come off as a little mundane. However, that is precisely why our group chose this to be our art piece. Because it is such an ordinary view, I think most people would never stop and look at this piece of art or try to analyze what they’re looking at. They would never acknowledge the textures of the brick or the beauty of simple lines in this art. I believe that this art piece conveys the message that there is beauty to be found in everyday objects that people walk by daily. Hopefully people will start paying attention to their surroundings and appreciate the beauty in what they otherwise would disregard.

I believe that art does not reside in the body of an object. I think that art is not simply an object but rather an experience that comes with that object. Heck, art doesn’t even need to have a tangible object as a medium! Art can be any experience that carries meaning to its audience. If it can convey a message or feeling to their audience, I think that is enough for it to be considered art. For that reason, I believe that any object or experience can be art as long as someone wills it to be. In other words, I believe that Art is decided by the viewer. So if someone saw a brick wall as art, then yes — my art would still be art whether or not I put a rectangle of tape around it.