I was in my ceramics class today, sharing my ideas for my "concept art" final that we are handbuilding for the class. I had to sketch four ideas and write paragraphs beforehand, and today I presented my ideas with a handful of peers and my ceramics teacher. I cheated the system however, and chose my concept to be "non-conformity and imagination". So for my four sketches, I drew completely abstract nonsense ideas that had little to do with anything. To my surprise, both my teacher and my peers were amazed at how I demonstrated my concept, while in reality I scribbled random blobs on paper and called it art. I realized that it doesn't matter how abstract something is, as long as you slap a concept on it people call it art, and in the case of some, give you incredible amounts of money.
I never understood abstract art. Every abstract painting I've ever seen (like the one above) looks like a mad cow with a paintbrush stuck on its ear (rather unfortunately) ran into a piece of canvas. We'll call the mad cow Steve. Then the farmer who owns Steve found the canvas, said that he painted it himself, slapped a random concept on it like "the deep and cosmic mysteries of the universe" and grew up to become Picaso. Steve made Picaso millions.
But Steve doesn't get any credit, now does he?
I think skilled artists get the raw end of the deal. Nobody appreciates their artwork because it's "too realistic" as if they place greater value in something that looks nothing like what it's supposed to be. Back to Picaso, all he drew were people, however the people's facial features were in the completely wrong places. These poor people Picaso painted probably encountered Steve in a particularly bloodthirsty mood, then Picaso painted what was left of their face.
As you can see, in this Picaso piece the man has two heads, no neck, two mouths, two eyes, and a smooth stream of hair flowing from one of the head's nose and ear, which are in the same spot.
Steve really did a number on him, poor guy.
But if Picaso painted regular people, plain two dimensional people with facial parts in the right places, he probably would have gotten no attention at all. "Anybody can paint a face, but it takes a special person to paint a face that looks nothing like a face" - Steve. Because Steve kept messing with his painting subjects Picaso is honored for being one of the greatest artists of all time. Doesn't this seem a little unfair? A painting of a person isn't considered art, but a painting of a person who doesn't look like a person is? I will probably never understand art.
Since then, Steve grew his posterity. Soon everyone wanted a Steve, and everybody got a Steve. Now everybody has Steve, and everybody is using them to create nonsensical paintings that don't look like actual things. Now, Rent-A-Steve is a major corporation aiding artists to acquire admirers through their highly original artwork and faces that don't look quite human. Thank you, Rent-A-Steve, we owe all abstract pieces to you.
I never understood abstract art. Every abstract painting I've ever seen (like the one above) looks like a mad cow with a paintbrush stuck on its ear (rather unfortunately) ran into a piece of canvas. We'll call the mad cow Steve. Then the farmer who owns Steve found the canvas, said that he painted it himself, slapped a random concept on it like "the deep and cosmic mysteries of the universe" and grew up to become Picaso. Steve made Picaso millions.
But Steve doesn't get any credit, now does he?
I think skilled artists get the raw end of the deal. Nobody appreciates their artwork because it's "too realistic" as if they place greater value in something that looks nothing like what it's supposed to be. Back to Picaso, all he drew were people, however the people's facial features were in the completely wrong places. These poor people Picaso painted probably encountered Steve in a particularly bloodthirsty mood, then Picaso painted what was left of their face.
As you can see, in this Picaso piece the man has two heads, no neck, two mouths, two eyes, and a smooth stream of hair flowing from one of the head's nose and ear, which are in the same spot.
Steve really did a number on him, poor guy.
But if Picaso painted regular people, plain two dimensional people with facial parts in the right places, he probably would have gotten no attention at all. "Anybody can paint a face, but it takes a special person to paint a face that looks nothing like a face" - Steve. Because Steve kept messing with his painting subjects Picaso is honored for being one of the greatest artists of all time. Doesn't this seem a little unfair? A painting of a person isn't considered art, but a painting of a person who doesn't look like a person is? I will probably never understand art.
Since then, Steve grew his posterity. Soon everyone wanted a Steve, and everybody got a Steve. Now everybody has Steve, and everybody is using them to create nonsensical paintings that don't look like actual things. Now, Rent-A-Steve is a major corporation aiding artists to acquire admirers through their highly original artwork and faces that don't look quite human. Thank you, Rent-A-Steve, we owe all abstract pieces to you.
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