socialsculpture: One of the themes in the link below ( http://www.ubu.com/historical/wrtma/about.htm ) is the question at the top of this post. After listening to the discussions I realized that I DON’T make art because of a need to communicate, or to make something beautiful. When it comes right down to it I make art because I want to see what happens when I try something new. I’m curious and I want to surprise myself. If something communicative or beautiful results….all the better… but they are side-effects of the experiments.I don’t think other responses…including making money…are wrong, but they aren’t what motivates me.
Feel free to answer below or expand on the question in your own post.
Why do you make art?
“When it comes right down to it I make art because I want to see what happens when I try something new.”
You hit the nail on the head. Not that art can’t be a tool for communication, I’ve just never (consciously) used it that way. Like what I’m doing with An Exploration of Texture… I am less interested in communicating something than I am in finding out what happens through the process of converting this texture from one substance (clay) to another (glass). I find that I almost never feel like I’ve failed because the more unexpected the outcome, the more pleased I am with the piece.
I think this is why I dislike sketching ideas so much. I know why it’s important theoretically, but I really don’t enjoy going into a project with a map.
Why do you make Art?
