Words

As an artist I struggle between words and visuals yet I see that art cannot function without words. This doesn’t mean that the visual has to include words in the piece yet explanations are required to make a viewer understand where the artist is coming from. Without them a work of art could be so abstract that it is unreadable to a viewer.

The problem with contemporary art is most people just view it rather than experiencing it. By viewing the painting, photograph, drawing or whatever the piece may be there is a sort of disconnect between the artwork and viewer. I question myself on how could I make work that engages a person to understand what I experienced to create it? How can I make them feel what I felt? Think the thoughts I thought?

There has to be a different and unique way of creating an experience where the viewer has to interact to receive an emotion, or perhaps the interaction would evoke a thought. A thought one has never had before.

This is just my thought of the day…