The Importance of Art.
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With Art, what it really boils down to at its most basic form is a diverse range of human activities. Involving the creation of a specific thing usually via Visual Auditory or performing works which expresses the original creators imagination and conceptual ideas as well as ingenuity and technical skill depending on the art form. The Art created can be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power. Art can be more than one thing collectively called The Arts due to being spread across one form of media, The Arts often refer to the theory, human application and physical expression of creativity often found in human societies and culture, often via means of skill and imagination to produce the art they are focusing on.
Those who create art are often called artists, these are the people who engage in an activity related to the creation of art. Since there are various means to do so, Art falls under three classical branches; visual arts of Architecture (Called an Architect), Ceramics, Drawing, Film-making, Painting, Photography (Called a Photographer), Sculpting. Literary arts such as writing fiction, drama and prose, performance art which includes Dance Music and theatre and the final culinary arts which includes cooking, chocolate making and wine making. Musicians and other performers often land under the business context of Artist.
Until the 17th century Art often referred to the skill and/or mastery and wasnt differentiated from Crafts or The Sciences. After the 17th century the aesthetic considerations are paramount with the fine arts being separated and distinguished from acquiring skills in general such as the decorative and applied arts. There has been no definition of what constitutes art in general opinion and ideas have changed overtime, its generally accepted that creativity and interpretation contribute under the title of aesthetics. Some art forms combine from one or more mediums like with Performance or artwork with the written word. Just like the prehistoric cave paintings to modern day films. Art continues to serve as a vessel for storytelling and humanity's relationship with itself, the environment and the world at large.
To me Art in all its forms is highly important for the continued creative mind of the human race. It gives life both meaning and continued creative vigour. Here are some artists from a variety of artistic mediums who are still operating today and are considered some of the best:
John Bolton Born May 23rd 1951 in London, England is a British comic book artist and illustrator most known for a dense painted style often verging on Photorealism (The genre of art that recreates photos in another medium as close as possible). Bolton was one of the first British artists to work in the American comics industry, a now standard practice which took root in the late 1980's which was phenomenal at the time.
Eddie Chambers was born in Wolverhampton, England to immigrant parents who came from Jamaica. While still a student at Sunderland Polytechnic, Chambers formed the groundbreaking association called The BLK art group with Trent Polytechnic student Keith Piper alongside Marlene Smith and Donald Rodney. A collection of British Black art students, The groups work often highly politicised has attracted both press attention and critical interest, including Chambers work Destruction of the National Front. Chambers' work No Colour Bar: Black British Art in Action 1960-1990 was shown at the Guildhall Art Gallery during 2015-2016 this was part of his conversation with Errol Lloyd on July 13th 2015 which discussed “The impact made by notable Black Artists in the late 20th Century, who have largely gone unnoticed in the British Art Arena”
Polly Morgan was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England in 1980, growing up on her family farm in the Cotswolds. Morgan mentions such a life gave her the lack of squeamishness about death and dealing with the corpses of animals and eventually being comfortable with it. Morgan graduated in English Literature in 2002 from Queen Mary, University of London. During her studies at University Morgan was working at Shoreditch Electricity Show Rooms, a Bar popular with artists. After graduation Morgan continued to work there as a manager and live above the bar, where she tinkered with Taxidermy. Her interest inspired her to take a course with the professional taxidermist George Jamieson. After completing the course and proving both her intuitive and personal response to the medium, Morgan's first pieces were commissioned by Bithrotheque, Morgan was eventually spotted by Banksy, who in 2005 invited Morgan to show her work for Santa's Grotto, an annual exhibition he organised near Oxford street. Morgan's next piece a white rat in a champagne glass, was exhibited at Wolfe Lenkiewicz's Zoo art fair in 2006 and was eventually bought by Vanessa Branson. Morgan currently works from a Bethnal Green studio.
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THE WEBSITE BIBLIOGRAPHY:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_arts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:21st-century_British_artists
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bolton_(illustrator)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Chambers_(artist)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polly_Morgan_(taxidermist)
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