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Judging

Art

Your task is to

judge each of the ‘artworks’ in the document Judging Art (posted on Inertial

Gumption).

1. You need to decide which piece is your

favorite and why.

A:

The Beach painting. It’s a nice

painting with nice shades of colours, it has got a nice melancholy feel to it

and provokes an emotion within the observer.

2. Which piece is your least favorite and why.

A:

Jackson Polloc. No.1. I do not enjoy looking at it in any particular way.

Doesn’t provoke any special emotion and I cannot appreciate that specific work.

3. Which was created by the most talented artist

and why.

A: Salvador Dahli, metamorphosis of Narcissus.

It is a surreal painting which seem to have required a lot of imagination, the

use of colours and shading brings it to a new level in comparison to the

others.

4. Which was created by the least talented artist

and why.

A:

Jackson Polloc. No.1. It seems as if the artist lacked imagination and randomly

spread colours on a sheet.,

5. Are there any pieces that you would not

consider to be art at all?

Why?

A: Yes, art is a complicated concept however I

interpret art as something beautiful, imaginative, creative created by others

or one self. I do not agree that someone can themselves determine whether their

work is art or not. They reserve the right to call it work but not art. Art is

to be determined by observers and is an individualistic opinion, what is art in

someone’s eyes may not be art in others. Thus in my eyes Jackson Polloc. No.1.

is not art, as it is not beautiful imaginative or creative, nor does it provoke

any emotion.

6. Are there cultural differences in any of the

pieces?

A: none that are blunt obvious, I do not know

the origin of the artists thus it is difficult. Perhaps Chinese Painting as the houses are painted a bit differently.

7. Which piece provoked the biggest emotional

response in you? Do you know why?

Salvador Dahli’s metamorphosis painting

because of its surreal image, really provokes the observer and makes it difficult

to interpret.

8. After studying these pieces can you find a

universal standard in art?

As

aforementioned it is determined by the observer and not the creator. It should

in my opinion be something imaginative, creative, beautiful (beauty can be

interpreted differently) and should provoke some sort of emotion within the

observer. Whether it is amaze, envy, despise or horror. Art can be simplistic

or very complicated but some of the previously mentioned criteria should in my

opinion be fulfilled before I will call it ‘Art’.

Juding Art, Aron