Essay On Visual Art

There are infinite reasons to make art, and once one decides to begin, there are just as many mediums to choose from. Art can encompass anything from poetry to sculpture to photography to painting to acting. There are many ideas about what constitutes a piece of art. Many of these ideas relate to aesthetic and conceptual values of a piece. I personally prefer making visual art, and recently two dimensional art in particular. Just as there are numerous ways to can create art, inspiration can be drawn from nearly anything. Everyday life can offer inspiration to anyone who looks hard enough. In my opinion, the human body is one of the most fascinating things in existence. More specifically, the mechanics of the human body on a cellular level.
This can involve anything from political writing to music to visual art. Art that has a message behind it is infinitely more powerful and more important than art that is meant only to be beautiful; “concept [should be] the most important aspect of the work,” (Lewit 155). However, it is imperative that the work successfully communicates its idea to the observer. This idea of doing nothing more than communicating an idea to an audience is seen most often in conceptual art. Executed properly, conceptual art is extremely powerful. And in the case of conceptual art, “what the work of art looks like isn’t too important,” (Lew 155) in that an artist doesn’t have to worry about making their work beautiful. However, an artist must successfully convey their idea to an audience. If an idea is abstracted beyond the understanding of an audience “it is purposeless,” (Lewitt 155). Of course, there could have been an idea that was very clever on the part of the artist, but if the audience cannot understand it from the work, what does it matter? This should be regarded as simply a mental exercise by a person, not a work of