What  is  Crea+vity?  What  is  Art?  

Reading  Ar+orms,  1-­‐18    Terms/Concepts  Art,  ar+st,  crea+vity,  art  as  informa+on,  art  as  tool,  art  as  prac+ce,  art  as  expression,  art  as  form,  art  for  art’s  sake,  aesthete,      

Why  this  Class?  

What  is  your  rela+onship  to  art?  

What  is  Crea+vity?  

Crea+ve  A?tudes  

Curiosity  “What  if…”  Big  Picture  Openness    New  Point  of  View  Find  Order  in  Disorder  Risk  Taking  Flexible  Iden+ty  

Empathe+c  Spontaneity  Dynamic  Experien+al  Experimental  Mul+cultural  Unconven+onal  Divergent  Thinking    

Crea+ve  Exercise  

Bob  and  Carol  and  Ted  and  Alice  all  live  in  the  same  house.  Bob  and  Carol  go  out  to  a  movie,  and  when  they  return,  Alice  is  lying  deadon  the  floor  in  a  puddle  of  water  and  glass.  It  is  obvious  that  Ted  killed  her  but  Ted  is  not  prosecuted  or  severely  punished.  

Remote  Associates  Test  

Law,  birthday,  swim  Twister,  lash,  +ed  Super,  ship,  gazer  Bear,  comb,  moon  Trap,  market,  brown  

What  is  Art?  Ar+orms:  “the  visual  expression  of  an  idea  or  experience,  formed  with  skill,  through  the  use  of  medium…When  a  medium  is  used  in  such  a  way  that  the  object  or  performance  contributes  to  our  understanding  or  enjoyment  of  life.”  

People  of  Bali:  “We  have  no  art.    We  just  do  the  best  we  can.”  

Ancient  Greeks:      (Techne)  technical  know-­‐how.  

Marquesans:  (a’  a’kakai)  An+quity  or  Curiosity    

Concise  Oxford  English  DicDonary:  art,  n.  1  the  expression  or  applica+on  of  crea+ve  skill  and  imagina+on,  especially  through  a  visual  medium  such  as  pain+ng  or  sculpture.  

What  is  Art?  

Defining  Art.  

1.  Form  2.  Func+on  3.  Form  and  Func+on  

Form  

What  should  art  look  like?  

What  should  art  be  made  from?  

What  form  should  art  take?  

Are  certain  forms  more  ar`ul?  

What  is  Art?  

High  vs.  Low  

High  vs.  Low  

Bill  Waterson   Roy  Lichtenstein  

Func+on  

What  func+on(s)  should  art  serve  in  society?  

Should  art  have  a  func+on?  

Are  certain  func+ons  more  ar`ul?    

What  is  Art?  

Art  as  Form  

Clement  Greenberg  

Victor  Cousin  

Art  as  Form  

James  McNeill  Whistler,  Peacock  Room,  1876  

Art  as  Form  

Barnef  Newman,  Vir  Heroicus  Sublimus,  1950-­‐1951    

Art  as  Informa+on    

Denver  Day  of  Rock  Poster,  2011  

Art  as  Informa+on    

Last  Judgment  Tympanum,  Autun  Cathedral,  Romanesque,  1146  

Art  as  Informa+on    

Tree  of  Jesse  Window,  Chartres  Cathedral,  Gothic,    1193-­‐1250  

Art  as  Expression  

Paul  Klee,  Schoolhouse,  1920      

Art  as  Expression  

Wasily  Kandinsky,  Improvisa+on  28,  1912  

Art  as  Tool  

Marcel  Breuer,  Wassily  Chair,  1925  

Art  as  Prac+ce  

Karensanui,  Ryoan-­‐ji,  17th  century-­‐Present  

MASQUERADES: Masks in performance, wood, mineral pigments, & fiber, height approx. 7’, 1984, Burkina Faso, Bwa culture

Art  as  Prac+ce  

hfp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4ZkR1X6s7E  

Closing performance of "Constructive Interference," an installation by David Fodel and

Paco Proano.

With Janet Feder, Paul Fowler, Matt Pass, and 3rd Law Dance

Company.

Emmanuel Gallery

7:00 – 9:00 PM, Thursday, August 25

Free.

What  is  Art?