ESCAPE INTO REALITY (WHAT DOES A PAINTING THINK?)
by Michal Trpak
(2007, Cement, Acrylic, Wood)
Escape into reality is a combination of a painting, a relief and a
sculpture, it outlines a transition between real and virtual world,
between 2d and 3d form, between sensed and tangible ... Is it possible
for a form to be able to think something or convey a message...and if
there is no direct message, is it possible for it to contemplate itself?
Reflection on fine art which finds in a situation when it tries
shocking in order to be spotted or makes an effort to walk out to reach a
looker – on in the streets because an onlooker tends to attend
galleries still less and less frequently. This way galleries, except the
most prestigious ones, become sort of "art cemeteries" where only the
relatives or closest ones come to see it. What in fact an art is and
where its boundaries are if there are any? Art used to be rather craft
in past, more than anything else... Only the last century upgraded
artists and attributed particular magical secrecy and nobleness to
them... Art tries to be new and discovering, so is an artist a scientist
or an inventor? Modern art is a conceptual one and it can seldom defend
itself, so does it make an artist a rhetorician or a philosopher? If
art needs a form to convey an idea, should an artist be a skillful
craftsman? If art is supposed to be digital, is an artist due to be an
expert on information technologies? Is an artist a diplomat or a
strategist who can present nothing like something and make the viewers
believe in it? Who actually is still an artist and who is not? As long
as an artist can be all and exercise anything, why everybody is not an
artist? Will any object become a piece of art being exhibited in a
gallery and will a person who places an object in a gallery become an
artist? What is then the purpose of art? – To convey an idea or draw
attention by means of a special, ingenious or more sophisticated form to
things around us? Or should art be made use of as an aesthetic
supplement and is more likely to be the design? If art is supposed to be
another form of communication, does it need any commentary? Or – is art
something what is useless and that´s why there are galleries to make it
usable? As it is difficult to find a boundary between real and virtual,
it is impossible to limit the art. I don´t know what a painting thinks
about itself if it does think anything at all, nor I know if form is
important for art. Supposing there is no form, energy, which can be
turned into form, remains ......... Boundaries don´t
exist...............
Michal Trpak
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