All art really does is keep you focused on questions of humanity, and it really is about how do we get on with our maker.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Art is great. At its best, it engages the intellect and challenges the spirit; it connects us across history and reminds us of our humanity.
Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it.
My position is that serious and good art has always existed to help, to serve, humanity. Not to indict. I don't see how art can be called art if its purpose is to frustrate humanity.
What the art world has done, it has been constantly been pushing the boundaries about what art can be. It's like expanding its territory.
I think there are a lot more important things than art in the world. But not to me.
The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life.
Due to the failure of politics, which has become a process of middle-management, art has become one of the last open spaces to question core beliefs and to design a viable future. Art becomes an open space where we can ask fundamental questions about ourselves.
We need art. We've been telling stories since the beginning. As human beings, we need it for our survival.
Art has to be reflective of our society.
What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life.