In general, artists create artwork via particular aesthetic experience. As Grey states, “ First artists see their subject, which inspires them to create. Then there are the technical aspects of seeing, such as an accurate analysis of the formal relationships that the artist wishes to express. Next comes a critical translation phase, where the art-making hand dialogues with the seeing mind. This dialogue can be a halting argument filled with traps and pitfalls or a harmonious song that flows form the soul of the artist” (72) by looking this idea, we can deduce that, artists always observe subject, and then put their understanding or feeling into the subject, finally, the artwork is created with artists minds and souls. Furthermore, Grey mentions, “ There is a vast difference between looking and seeing- a difference which is fundamental to the artist’s experience”(72). For me, I think artists experience is the basis of the creation subject in the aesthetic experience. Only accumulated a large amount of life materials, artists can give out the unique feeling on their artwork. Artists experience is often accompanied by strong emotional activities, so it is an indispensable part of art creation. For example, designers are shows their collections during the fashion week. Sometimes, we can deduce designers’ minds, souls, and personalities via their collection. Most designers put their life experience, feelings, and minds into collections. Additional, I think artist experience always includes artist’s value, personalities, and their attitudes on subjects. Also, as Grey said, “ Every artist has his or her unique process of inspiration” (80). We do not which moment their inspiration comes out, maybe a second or maybe few days, or even longer. And we always did not understand how artists seeing, their thoughts are unique, and different than us. Sometimes when we saw an artwork, we may it is bad, but artists may think is good, or maybe we think the work is prefect, but artists think the work is terrible.
Grey, A. (2001). Art as Spiritual Practice. The Mission of Art (1st ed., pp. 205-233). Boston & London: Shambhala.
I liked your example of fashion week as an art form. This is something that does not first pop into my head when I think about art. I normally think about paintings or drawings instead. I like the idea of fashion as an art form. The clothes designers make are just as much art as any painting you would find in a museum. A clothing collection takes lots of time and patience to create. One must decide, the main look they are going for and then create several different outfits that all encompass that one look. Most designers pour their heart and soul into their collections. I liked that you said we can see a designers personality and mind through their work, this is something I definitely agree with.
I agree with you that artists’ experiences are the basis for the creation subjects. By having unique and personal experiences, artists are able to create very unique pieces of art. As you said artists experiences always include the artists values, personalities, and attitudes, which is what sets a piece of artwork apart from other artwork. It’s very interesting to think about how the inspiration process for every artist is very different and how the ending result is always different, but all art can be just as beautiful when finished. I liked your example of how designers put their values into their collections. It shows how different an artists creative spirituality can be in a way that we do not usually think about. This made me think about how artists all have a different way of creating their art and creating different kinds of art.
Yolanda,
I enjoined how you addressed the fact that “Sometimes when we saw an artwork, we may it is bad, but artists may think is good, or maybe we think the work is prefect, but artists think the work is terrible.” Some art that I see I often think to myself “what the heck were they thinking?” but the reality is that what is beautiful to one person doesn’t mean it is beautiful to another. But I strongly believe that that is okay, and that is what makes art so great! We do not know what was going on in the artist life when they were creating their work and we do know their process for inspiration. But what I believe we need to work on is embracing this difference and the unknown. We may not see what the other viewer sees or what the artist see but I think it is important to respect their view and appreciate their interpretations.
In my opinion, i agree with your idea which is artists create artwork via particular aesthetic experience. It is undeniable that particular aesthetic experience is very important for the art creation of artists because it is the source of artistic creation. Some techniques is the realization of creation. Like you mentioned, “First artists see their subject,the technical aspects of seeing,critical translation phase”, These steps are very important during creation. Especially for critical translation phase where the art-making hand dialogues with the seeing mind. During this step, artists can come out their new idea based on the object they observed. But, one idea i think i cannot agree with yours which is “Artists experience is often accompanied by strong emotional activities”. if artists experience is always accompanied by strong emotional activities then their creation will be influenced by this emotion.So, it may cause their creation deviate the actual background and make their works look like a little bit untruthfully. so, in my opinion, i think that their experiences have to be accompanied some objective activities rather than emotional activities.So, this can make their creation looks more really.