Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/06/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jun 1, 2011, at 10:04 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Actually, when I see a work of art, I would rather not go into a very > complex analysis, but just decide whether I like it or not. Art has to > communicate emotionally, not intellectually to be valid, IMHO(especially if > you are buying the stuff to hang on your walls!). Certainly if you're actually purchasing art to place in your own environment you'll want to "love" it. Yet I want my encounters with artwork to play on my emotions, my intellect as well as my senses. I expect the best work to challenge beliefs and assumptions (whether visceral, aesthetic, emotional or cerebral). Art can do this extremely quietly to very flamboyantly. A specific work has had very different effects on me at different periods of my life. George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist