"Art as an idea" or "Where does art begin?"

What is art?

One of the main reasons that can prevent the “normal” people from dealing with art is uncertainty . Uncertainty not to have a basis for assessment of what art is and what is not, which artwork has a high artistic value and which is not.

How is uncertainty fighting? By acquiring knowledge, knowledge provides security. Security in the assessment of whether it could be art and thus at least a little more security about the price this art could be worth.

The question of what art is was and is answered in a variety of ways by artists and art critics. The bow ranges from the veneration of creating craftsmanship to the idea that what an artist consider as art is also art (which immediately includes the question of what an artist is).

Joseph Beuys is probably one of the best known of the artists who have "expanded the concept of art"; his idea of ​​art as a socially forming force has solved art from the material work. Buying more knowledge about his work is therefore a good approach of approaching to the questions: "What is art? And" How can art can be understood as an idea? "

The interested layperson can probably best follow this idea of ​​art with the help of people who have already thought about the possible definitions of a concept of art. There are also a variety of offers, this can be a city walk under the motto “Art as an idea”, but also the acquisition of a clever book that deals with these questions.

There are also experts who “explain art”, and they generally do not try to “explain the pictures to the dead rabbit”, but the people.
You could also book a course at a Fernakademie or explore whether the city's adult education center or the local museum offers a course in which the topic of “understanding art” is the focus.

From the experts, the logical path leads to the artists who are willing to explain their art or take a very detailed comment on why they don't want to do that. Because this view is also not to be dismissed - an artist deliberately chooses a certain form of expression to comment on the subject that concerns him. Often he can describe his concern less well in words, otherwise he would have chosen paper and pen from the outset, and not brush and canvas, for example.

But it is definitely worth discussing all of these questions: The world of artist talks is still far too little discovered, in Germany such events are continuously taking place in galleries or museums or artists.

Of course, constant dealing with various works of art is part of it: At some point, seeing a lot of art also helps to understand art - how the tacit conviction among the gourmets prevails that the real connoisseur can only be a person who has already drunk empty at least one large wine cellar.

Many exhibition organizers have already started to have art shown by interested and knowing lay people. If you visit the documenta this year, with a little luck you will be led by the exhibition by the former Federal Finance Minister Hans Eichel. And can also determine how charmingly a serious financial man can become through the frequent use of art.

Submit him, on Kunstplaza you have the opportunity to search for clever works on art or to adjust it. You can also search for a knowledgeable exhibition accompaniment or offer yourself as an this or search/offer courses that deal with dealing with art.