Change in Artmaking
Change in artmaking allows artists to do many things. Painters can change an appearance or setting just as sculptors can change the meaning and purpose of their materials. Artists can change environments, materials, meaning, and purpose through just about any kind of work.
It is important to explore change through artmaking because the possibilities are endless. Art is a great tool to communicate the idea of change because there is no wrong way to go about doing so. For example, an artist can draw something as they see it or as they want to see it - they can change it to be whatever they want, and examine a much more important concept in the process. For example, you can draw a self-portrait and place yourself in a different world, or change a material by making a plaster candy bar. There are no limits to how you can change something in the world of art.
Artists, however, are not the only ones in control of changes in their work. Installation, presentation, and resulting interpretation change a work of art every time one is viewed or displayed. Each critic, viewer, and student looks at a piece of art with a new set of eyes, and thus changes the meaning and interpretation every time. Although an artist may envision an intended meaning when creating a piece, once put on display there is an endless amount of room for change.
It is important to explore change through artmaking because the possibilities are endless. Art is a great tool to communicate the idea of change because there is no wrong way to go about doing so. For example, an artist can draw something as they see it or as they want to see it - they can change it to be whatever they want, and examine a much more important concept in the process. For example, you can draw a self-portrait and place yourself in a different world, or change a material by making a plaster candy bar. There are no limits to how you can change something in the world of art.
Artists, however, are not the only ones in control of changes in their work. Installation, presentation, and resulting interpretation change a work of art every time one is viewed or displayed. Each critic, viewer, and student looks at a piece of art with a new set of eyes, and thus changes the meaning and interpretation every time. Although an artist may envision an intended meaning when creating a piece, once put on display there is an endless amount of room for change.
Red Block, 2010. Aluminum and copper wire, Two pieces, each 200 3/4 x 131 1/2 in. (509.9 x 334 cm). Courtesy of the Broad Art Foundation. Brooklyn Museum photograph