Consider how art is interwoven into one’s life. Homes are decorated with it, people study it, artist make it everyday, But how does art contribute to sustainability? According to The World Bank sustainability is defined as a requirement of our generation to manage the resource base such that the average quality of life that we ensure ourselves can potentially be shared by all future generations. ... “Development is sustainable if it involves a non-decreasing average quality of life” (Asheim). The United Nations Millennium Declaration identified principles of sustainable development as economic development, social development and environmental protection it continued using these three domains: economics, environment and social sustainability …show more content…
One great example of an art work that adds to its community is Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens by Isiah Zagar.
Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens is a non-profit organization, folk art environment, and gallery space on South Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is currently the largest piece of art by mosaic artist Isiah Zagar. The New York Times describes the Magic Gardens as covering the area of three city lots, and includes multiple indoor gallery spaces and a large mosaic maze outdoors (The New York Times). Magic Gardens is a total of 3,000 square feet of mosaicked space. The indoor gallery spaces host artists from all over the world and exhibits works that focuses on ceramic, mosaic, or “outsider” art. Philadelphia Magic Gardens explains on their website that along with the gallery space Magic Gardens also has educational programs, performances, tours, and workshops, all of which are open for the public (Phillymagicgardens.com). The mosaics are made of a variety of materials including kitchen tiles, bike wheels, Latin-American art, and
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By using found, donated, and bought materials from the community, Isiah Zagar has created a space for South Street. Magic Gardens beautifies the space along with the surrounding environment. This improvement in aesthetic quality in a city and also has a positive effect on individuals psychologically. Studies have shown that individuals when exposed to art have “increases in a sense of individual productivity and self-esteem, improvements in individuals’ sense of belonging or attachment to a community, and when contributing to the artwork, improved skills and creative cognitive thinking”
Frank Lloyd Wright is one of America’s most influential architects that has left a legacy of structures that are collaged with Nature (Mead, 2014, February). Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture, has left a legacy of tranquil spaces hidden within parks that are known for their “picturesque” qualities (Mead, 2014, January). These two men are completely different with the designs that they’ve created simply because they are using different mediums, but ultimately there aren’t a lot of contrasting elements to their designs. The similarities are evident when you begin to look at their main priority when designing; mental health and wellness. With health and wellness as a mutual focus it is easy to find that they had complementary design influences, theories, and design principles. To create a design that successfully helps to soothe the mind they both found that Nature is the best tool to use. This tool is now their unique contribution to design history, and as a result it stands out as something that today’s designers want to mimmic when focusing on mental health and wellness.
Rhys Southan’s essay “Is Art a Waste of Time?” is about art and if it can really help people who are suffering or is it just better to hand over your money. In Yo-Yo Ma’s essay “necessary Edges: Arts, Empathy, and Education” he focuses more on art being used as educational purposes to essentially create more innovative/empathetic people. Instead of focusing so much on STEM, the author states that we should incorporate art too. Although some people might say art does not play a role in making the world a better place. I believe it can by bringing awareness to different social issues. Also, if we incorporate art at a young age it can teach kids to be open minded and happier people.
Art can tell every single part of people’s daily lives from emotion, poverty, power, environment, even social context. For example, “Waste Land” is one of art pieces that invaded the lives of Brazilian garbage pickers. Vik Muniz completed Waste Land in 2010. He used textures that express the concept of reality. His painting skills created a work so precise that people could see the meaning behind the image very clearly. Vik Muniz was born into a working-class family in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was both artist and photographer. He is a successful artist in America. He is an artist that likes to combine everyday objects and transforms it into art. He used material such as dirt, sugar, garbage, and chocolate syrup for his painting. He had the talent to create art out of recycled materials. For example, one of his well-known paintings was “Waste land” made from the recycle materials, which helped people to see the social and environmental problem among Brazilian garbage picker society. Waste Land is both painting and documentary form. Before I saw the video, I never thought about how many pounds of garbage people produce each day. I was sure that most us did not think about the garbage that we threw away each day could cause a huge problem for our health and environment. One reason we did not see the garbage as a problem because we did not live near landfill. After I watched Waste Land by Vick Muniz’s, I realized that just because we did not see or smell the landfill did not mean there were not problems. Most of us thought when we throw out garbage it somehow would disappear. We did not realize that most of our trash ended up in landfill sites and pile...
What is ‘Art’? Does the term describe a tangible object, experiential event, process, technique, medium, or creative skill? Does it imply attractive decoration, pleasant arrangement, and sound financial investment - or can art provoke, be unattractive, make people uncomfortable, and be fleeting? Today, Art is subjective, open to interpretation and encompasses the spectrum of the visual, literary, dance, and musical humanities - often overlapping one another. As such, Art and its practice can be all of the above and more. Post World War II, Modernist theories were waning and a general dissatisfaction was building in the United States and other westernized countries that ultimately led up to the cultural and social revolution of the 1960’s. The period also parallels a rise in relative wealth and subsequent mass consumption of commodities, education, and cultural activities within all the socioeconomic classes. Personal expression became acceptable and art practice exploded to include multiple fields of activity that Rosalind Krauss likens to “an extraordinary practice in elasticity”. Interest in ecology, performance, process, alternative materials, a loosening of social mores and experimentation with altered states of reality contributed to the rise of what is now known amply as Postmodernism. Civil rights, the anti-war movement, rise of feminism, and a political movement left of center created egalitarian entrances for many into various fields of study including Art. Nevertheless, similar to the current state of Western Civilization, not everyone appreciates an open multiplicity of voices often differing in viewpoints from safer, more conservative ones. It is in this context that artists Robert Smithson and Richard Serra bega...
Merchant elaborates on the extent of managing exotic gardens inside buildings particularly the mall to recreate a heavenly atmosphere. She considers the work that goes into maintaining these gardens to keep them pristine, from the expensive water works and pesticides utilized to keep the unclean and destructive nuisances from diminishing the aim for perfection in a desirable atmosphere (p.5). These gardens produce the atmosphere to make people happy and content. The greenery provides the feeling of being outdoors while truly being completely inside. She indicates mall landscaping is inspired by surrounding environments that are
Chihuly Garden and Glass. Glasshouse Sculpture. 2012. Blown Glass. 27 x 100 x 23', Seattle, Washington.
It is art fulfilling its role in society. It is art that brings the moral issues. It is art that makes us human.
This is an image that I think of when I consider Japanese culture. They love gardens like this and you see similar images often when considering their culture. It is difficult to tell for sure, but the people in the distance appear to be dressed up. It is as though they have put on their best clothes to step out and enjoy this relaxing setting. I believe that this print is successful at capturing a moment in the mid 1800’s very well. It causes me to sense and experience what the artist was trying to capture. This print seems to conform to the formal theory of art. The print has only images of each object. None of them are particularly detailed or real to life but they do a very good job of organizing and describing the basic elements of the scene. It uses similar colors, shapes, and lines to those one might find in this garden in
Cox also adds small details from each small individual stone to every stroke of golden grain. The painting is classified as a magical realism because of the realistic feel but fictional elements of the surreal clouds hover over the golden plains. Cox’s technique of making it appear as if you are looking through a window at a field of golden grains, makes it feel familiar. The familiar open cornfield scenery classifies the painting as an American regionalism. The painting is said to be inspired by Cox’s hometown in Indiana, depicting it into the famous painting.
The arts provide a safe environment for students to express themselves without the worry of ridicule. These kids should have the opportunity to participate in multiple fine arts activities as a way to communicate their feelings in a healthy atmosphere (Weber). Green Lake Elementary School believes its students “acquire a positive learning attitude for a lifetime, celebrate the uniqueness of...
Sustainability must be defined to include meeting human physical, emotional and social needs (Rogers et al. 2012) and scholarly research and thinking on well being and its connection to the environment, sustainability, growth and sustainable development considers aspects that move towards social and environmental benefits . While environme...
Art is not useless as Oscar Wilde stated; nor is it the death of logic by emotion as Plato supposed. Art is an activist trying to inform and shape the social consciousness. Art by nature is critical and questions how the world is perceived. These questions are pivotal in creating change within society. The Armory Show, a major turning point in American art, for example, was inspired by shifting perceptions of the aesthetic and a stirring toward modernity. The Armory Show was an artistic rebellion against the juries, prizes, and restricted exhibitions that excluded unacademic and yet t...
Sustainability simply defined to me as balancing act between the development of sustainability is necessary for both planet Earth and humans to survive. This is reinforced in the World Commission on Environment and Development report (1987) that sustainable development must meet the needs of the present without compromising the well-being of future generations”. The Earth Charter Organization widened the idea of sustainability to respect for a culture of peace, universal human rights, nature, and economic justice (What is sustainability?, n.d.).
In this age of technology, art is fundamentally essential for our society. Art brings beauty and creativity into the society. It is very important because it makes our society a better place. Art brings a sense of enjoyment and pleasure. Art allows for the expression of truth and beliefs. It portrays various ideas, feelings such as triumph, love, happiness, sorrow and boredom. Each and every message behind art shows ideas that are relevant to the society. The society can only be complete when there is a good balance between mechanical human capital and artistically inclined human capital. A healthy Malaysia is not only requires a good number of engineers, doctors, IT consultants, but also artists, designers, poets and singers to emerge as
All throughout time people have used their imaginative minds to express some form of art, whether it be painting, drawing, sculpture, and dance, theatre, music or technology, this has happened all around the world. Furthermore, I think that the youth of the world have the biggest imagination because everything to them is new and they can’t help but imagine “what if” or “how”. Therefor that’s the power of imagination, and preferably for me I use it for art. Art to me is almost like an escape from everything negative in my life. Many say that art is beauty, and we say beauty ...