It would seem to me that the term 'political' is being used pretty
loosely here because the Oxford Dictionary defines 'political' as
solely to do with government and political parties. However, each
person could be described as having their own set of beliefs/values -
or 'politics' if you will. Art could be described an expression of an
artist's beliefs and in that way could possibly be described as being
political.
Another way of looking at it relates to the debate we've currently been
having on the forum - to quote Damien "It seems to me that these
tensions in the forum reflect general tensions in the wider art
community between those who gravitate towards contemporary approaches
to art and those who don't, and the way I see it is that these
different inclinations are due to different value systems." These are
the hot politics of the art world, and so the choices artists make
about the kind of work they make could be seen as political choices
depending on where they stand in the debate.
yours
Caroline
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Hi,
I'm currently in the second year of my Fine Art BA (mature student of
32). I'm a painter and am begining to delve into more serious critical
analysis and rigour of my own work, which is what most people would
consider abstract; but it isn't (however that is another debate
altogether)
great debates :
what is figuration :
when even in a Pollock we can re-discover figurative motives behind the
first " screen " of action painting, at
the very back of the painting.....
what is abstract :
when we can read fields of poppies, indigo and mustard flowers
separated by black hays and the all seen from a plane,
in Piet Mondrian
where starts conceptual art or objects...
I have been posed with a few questions from one of my lecturers in
regards to my self analysis in terms of how I make my paintings and the
way I go about fashioning the images. But one of the questions has
really flumoxed me, and this is it.....
'In what way could the work I am making be considered political'?
would you be so kind as to let us know the ling to peer at your art
please and admire a lot.
probably do we have to re-think from the beginning of how artist are
the illustrator of politics
for instance Allégorie du Bon Gouvernement, 1337-1339, Ambrogio
Lorenzetti (Sienne, Palais Public).
but also Francis Haskell wrote a lot about,
how jesuites wanted to expand their political ideas through giant
paintings....ernement, détail, 1337-1339, Ambrogio Lorenzetti (Sienne,
Palais Public). L
I hasten to add, not political in the party sense.
of course
Any thought would be very welcome.
Dan
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