How can art create different meanings, in society?

An art not only enhances understanding of the world around us, but it also broadens our perspective on traditional values that we hold today in modern society. Arts give us the creativity to express ourselves and in result creating meaning and value through master pieces of art work in all shapes and sizes. All this while challenging our intellect

The type of style van Gogh would like to work was as a post-impressionist painter and the reason towards this style of work was due to wanting to create art works which held noble beauty, emotional honestly and bold colour all in one.

Van Gogh learned his skills and developed his ideas in his early years by looking and copying paintings which he was most interested in and reading 19th century drawing booklets. In addition he felt to be an amazing painter an artist most first master the art of pencil drawing therefore he felt it was very important to master black and white before even thinking about adding and using colour and in such when he was happy with his drawing then he would add colour. Drawing in a whole allowed van Gogh to take in light and pictures much faster than painting and this lead to van Gogh firstly drawing out his paintings instead of actually just painting them right away.

One of van Gogh’s famous art works was “The starry night” and it was produced 1869. In this art work I can see a small hidden town hidden behind a large mountain in a distorted form of looking like a castle and a breathe taking view of a starry night as almost if the cosmos are in reach of my fingertips. The composition of the painting has a form of repletion in a high and low rhythmic kind of way with the patterns in the starry night sky resulting in creating an effect of a realistic and abstract painting at the same time. The formal elements which are used in this art piece are a great deal of colour, movement, line and texture which gives an effect of almost feeling like you are standing on the very night looking at the majestic and eye catching night sky. The actual piece was made with oil on canvas painting.

The ideas that are being explored by van Gogh in this painting are ideas of creativity, movement in honestly and a splash of bold colours which come all together to create a wide range of a flowing master piece and I feel van Gogh was trying to communicate a meaning and value of the beauty of harmony within mother nature as he has created this message through natural sources we see in our everyday life’s. This can make us asked ourselves do we get all tangled up in the ugly webs of stress and fair of our everyday life’s such as exams, bills or loneliness that we forget sometimes to take a deep breath and be thankful for the beautiful and breath taking day we are not certain to see again each and every day? This art piece really catch’s my eye due to the starry sky and the texture and surfaces the sky is creating through the shapes and movements van Gogh as produced. The inspiration of this starry night piece design was to create a night study of art works however van Gogh found the project as a failure however still reassessed two of them and one was starry night.
The type of style René Magritte would like to work was through surrealism and would do this in a range of materials such as photography, oil on canvas and other mixed media’s to produce a surrealism effect.

(http://www.artble.com/artists/vincent_van_gogh/more_information/style_and_technique)

(http://www.vangoghgallery.com/painting/starry-night.html)

Rene Magritte developed and learned his skills due to his interest in interactions of
Textual and visual signs resulting also in most of his famous pictures to include words and images at the same time. Also to add he developed his skills by using repetition as he found to learn that this was very important due to informing his multiple copies of his most amazing pieces and in a whole creating a theme of a unique still René Magritte had produced through handwork and creativity. His mother’s body was fished out the river with her white dress covering her face and this may suggest why René Magritte’s art work shows a meaning of hidden thoughts and feelings as some of his art works have white material blocking certain objects such as a face.

One of “René Magritte’s” famous art works was “personal values” and it was Produced 1952. In this work I can see many large objects within a room such as a “comb, glass, and fire match stick” filled with cloudy wall paper. The composition of this art work a form of a strange distorted unbalance of images across the art work creating a rhythm of surrealism. The formal elements which are used in this piece of art are a great range of colours, scale and proportion towards the objects within the room and great texture overall when it comes to “attention to detail” with the surfaces and patterns on the room and large objects themselves, this really gives an effect of making the work look very random and distorted yet holding a hidden story or message behind it all. The actual work was created with oil on canvas painting. The techniques which have been used all within this art piece is a great deal of manipulation in the scene of making small objects very big and placing them in a room which is very odd and random at hand.

The ideas that are being explored by René Magritte in this painting is wanting to challenge the viewer’s perspective of reality itself and I feel he is trying to communicate a lingering sense of uneasiness, nervousness and unsettledness this is due to making the viewer evoke thoughts and contemplate the actual relationship between the objects within the room depicted in the painting. This piece of art really catch’s my eye in a whole due to the unique effect of the randomness it creates due to the sense of confusion of the objects placed within the room, the unrealistic size of the objects hold surrealistic values of the painting and therefore make me focus on the thinking of the reason towards why they have been added within the room itself.

The inspiration for this design of “personal values” was to create a piece that got the viewer of the work really thinking hard towards what is reality and what is not is not such as what the media shows to society in how we should “look and act” but the question is do we really need to follow media to make sure we fit in modern society? Or should we just be ourselves no matter what society thinks of us? Maybe media is a fake reality we’re all meant to believe but the truth is reality is what we make it, if were brave enough to stand out in a common room and be that unique big comb or glass which everyone can see as different as in this modern day society. This all comes across holding meaning with its uplifting mood holding strong rich colours and splash of distortedness in range of large random objects across the room.

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(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Magritte)

The type of style Roy Lichtenstein would like to work was a traditional pop art method which would be based around large bold colours and line work to create a stunning form of art popping out towards the viewer.

Roy Lichtenstein learned and developed his skills by listening to science frictional radio programmers which slowly but surely developed Lichtenstein’s imagination for his pop art, building model airplanes and drawing. Also to add he took an interest as a teenager into wanting to improve his artist skills by taking water colour classes at “parson’s school of design” In addition he developed his skills also by having a method of copying in a sense from cartoons that he would watch. However in the 1960`s he was accused at times of only just copying pictures and not really making any changes towards the picture in a whole but Roy Lichtenstein quotes “I’m never drawing the object itself. I’m only drawing a deception of the object- a kind of crystallized symbol of it” Therefore suggesting that he felt he was never actually copying the image but creating a fake and different result of the original image.

One of “Roy Lichtenstein’s” famous art works was “The Cuban missile crisis “and it was produced in 1962. In this art work I can see a large explosion which is meant to symbol the Cuban missile crisis event. The composition of this art work has some types of repetition such as the dotted pointillism within the explosion and a high form of large bold colours and lines overall creating an abstract and cartoonist art piece which gives an effect of the art popping out and almost like its coming at you in your face like your able to experience the Cuban missile crisis upfront and personal. The actual work piece was created with bold painting materials and then printed to add a more computer generated digital 3D effect.

The ideas that are being explored by Roy Lichtenstein are trying to show remembrance towards the destructive event of the Cuban missile crisis due to many lives being lost at that event and it is very respected towards those that might of lost friends and family within the event. This art work really catch’s my eyes due to the shapes and style of the actual art work itself the lard bold lines and colours really call your attention almost in a sense you can’t help but be pulled into this bold vibrant colourful explosion of remembrance. The professional use of the pointillism as a nice effect of making the art work pop out even more to create depth and detail with the art piece in a whole which is really amazing and interesting to look at.

(http://www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/lichtenstein-drowning-girl-1963)

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Lichtenstein)

The type of style Andy Warhol would like to work in was also traditional pop art, which held large flat colours and lines, to create interesting shapes and sizes of pop art, such as films and commercials.

Andy Warhol learned and developed his skills in his early childhood by taking art classes both at school and at Carnegie museum. While working in his sketchbook he started a collection of celebrity memorabilia such as autographed photos. Around 1949 Warhol graduated from Carnegie institute of technology with a major in pictorial design. During his college years Warhol discovered the “blotted-line technique” and quickly earned a reputation in the 1950`s using it. It was around 1960 Andy Warhol decided to make a name for himself in the world of pop art he began with coke bottles and strips however he was not getting the attention he wanted therefore he paid a friend $50 for her idea he wanted to know which was for Andy Warhol to just express pop art in what was most interesting to him. In 1962 he held his first exhibition and sold of his paintings as a set of $1000.

One of “Andy Warhol`s” famous art works was “knives” and it was produced in 1981. In this art piece I can see 6 knives all different in their own ways. The composition of this art work has a sense of repetition towards the actual knives placed in the art work as they all look similar but made in different sizes and added with different tones of bold lines and colour overall creating a surrealist tone and mood within the art work. The pale purple and black background creates a great popping effect as almost as the knives are right in your face. The actual piece was created with bold paints and generated through printing digitally.

The ideas that ware being expressed by Andy Warhol is showing meaning towards death and danger, as Andy Warhol had a confusion over death, as he had problems with death as a concept and he had a fear of it physically due to this he was always scared of hospitals. When he was shot June 3rd 1968 and slowly recovered he took the concept of death and developed it into a theoretical abstract and this art piece’s such as “knives” were his most powerful in expressing his feelings. Therefore this art work has strong meaning behind it as it makes us wonder towards when death could be around the corner waiting to consume us into the endless darkness of no return and Andy Warhol’s art piece can create an image in our heads of the knives being a symbol of death waiting to stab us in the back. Therefore we should take every day, every minute every second like it was our last because we never know when those knives will strike in the dark.

(http://history1900s.about.com/od/artists/p/warhol.htm)

(http://www.biography.com/people/andy-warhol-9523875#early-life)

My conclusion towards this question on the meaning of art in society is that art integrates through our lifes and through this development and understanding is created depending on the meaning and value of the art work at hand such as “van Gogh” creating development in our thinking towards being grateful for the beauty and grace we have in our everyday life’s. However on the other hand “Andy Warhol” creates development in our thinking towards the opposite meaning of “van Gogh`s” art piece which is worrying and fairing over something we can’t avoid in our life’s no matter what from the second were born which is death. Lastly artists such as “Rene Magritte” test our intelligence in the sense of us having to really think individually to what we think is reality and what is not because no matter what everyone in society will have unique thoughts and views about the world we live in and that’s what makes society special as every individual holds their piece to the puzzle just as every individual line works together to create a fantastic art piece and overall this creates meaning and value.