Here's a fun little theory:
Art communicates to people. If it is really good, it even communicates to people who have not seen it directly in the physical world, and maybe other kinds of spirits and places.
The parts that communicate most directly to humans are what makes it succesful commercially.
The other parts don't, but they are more important because they influence the whole world.
Thus the conflict of the artist.
UPDATE: I am not being clear. Another attempt:
An artist has a contract with god and the universe. And a relationship with humanity. These two can conflict. In the rare, most brilliant art they can work in harmony.
2 comments:
your updated explanation says a lot and i like this definition.
"The first impulse towards painting, or towards art in general, stems from the need to communicate, the effort to fix one's own vision, to deal with appearances (which are alien and must be given names and meanings). Without this, all work would be pointless and unjustified, like Art for Art's Sake."
So begins Gerhard Richter's 'The Daily Practice of Painting: Writings 1962-1993'.
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