It is amazing how the narrow definition of "art" has been expanded and twisted into different forms. It is unbelievable how even today, in plain XXIst century some people are closed minded enough to say that pieces by Man Ray or Andy Warhol are not art. Who decides what is art? What makes art, art? This class however, has forced my eyes open. It has forced me to think outside the box, and i feel more tolerant and appreciative of what is considered art. That is precisely the beauty of art: nobody can define what it is, it is totally subjective. When we studied Dada i was thrilled to see something so different and interesting. Dada was a rebellious act against the bureaucratic rules and the narrow mind of hypocritical societies. They took inspiration and twisted it. The decontextualized the objects, took it out of its natural context and declared it as art.
A couple of weeks ago, i was reading a hispanic magazine called "Vanidades" and there was an article about Man Ray. They showed his paintings, his photographs, and his work in general. Words like "ambiguity", "innovation", "multifacetico" are just common words that are mentioned throughout the article to describe him and his work. We cannot deny that he was a talented artist that impacted art in the XX century. I felt good to know who Man Ray was :) i felt proud to ignore less.
Another artist we mentioned in class was Marcel Duchamp. It is evident Santi loves him and how he has inspired his work and vision; and as a matter of fact i loved him too. He simply marked the history of art in two. There is a before and after Marcel Duchamp. He was such a skilled drawer, and such an innovative, brilliant man...How could his ideas not be considered art? I thought "the Urinal" was very interesting. Because it is one's interpretation that make it have sense. It is very personal and hence very insightful. Marcel Duchamp explored different fields, from traditional drawing, to fragmentation, to the drawing of weird, bizarre figures. This explosion of figures granted him the creation of the "Objet Trouve" and the decontextualization of objects.
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