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OfflineMr.Peace
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Is there any wrong way to interpret art?
    #23894044 - 12/04/16 02:03 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

What do you guys think?

Should art be interpreted how the artist wanted it to be? Or can it represent something completely different to the original idea for it?

I personally think that art can mean anything to anyone, but it is ultimately up to the artist to use well planned expression and skill to get their message across.

Any thoughts on this?


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Re: Is there any wrong way to interpret art? [Re: Mr.Peace]
    #23894204 - 12/04/16 03:08 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

It's a difficult subject and I'm sure there are whole classes available to study this notion.

My understanding is we are all essentially the same species, so there has to be, if there is aesthetics, a common ground, somewhere, right at the base of it all. We all see the same colours (even this is debated) and we are all mostly from the same sensory environment, with eyes and occipital lobes designed to scan for the same things.

We are all essentially raised in a Western environment, with similar exposure to cartoons and so on as a kid. Same story books, all passed down...

So we're all going to share in a similar artistic understanding.

Also I think the more complex the art, the more dedication and originality and technical skill, the more it is a novel experience, like you don't have time to judge or compare, you just see the art, and you see what the artistic vision was, you feel it, straight away.

With complex, intense, amazing art... that is...

But say modern art where it's a dab or a line on paper, like that can just turn into a waffle-fest about some abstract notion related to the observer's life.


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Re: Is there any wrong way to interpret art? [Re: Mr.Peace]
    #23894449 - 12/04/16 04:43 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

You can interpret the art however you want, but if you want to defend your interpretation to anyone else without sounding like a pretentious tool, you'll have to give some evidence from the art itself that supports your interpretation.


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Re: Is there any wrong way to interpret art? [Re: clock_of_omens]
    #23894485 - 12/04/16 04:54 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

I think that there is only the correct way. The correct way is the way.


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Re: Is there any wrong way to interpret art? [Re: Mr.Peace] * 1
    #23894722 - 12/04/16 06:16 PM (7 years, 1 month ago)

I think great art more or less speaks for itself.  I can see that there is merit in seeing a painting or reading a poem with the meaning the artist or poet put into it, but I also see the merit in letting people interpret a given work however they see fit.  It seems to me that the best stuff is more often than not open to interpretation.  If someone were to read something I wrote and interpret it in a novel way -- in other words with a meaning I hadn't intended -- I would certainly have no problem with that, and would even encourage it.


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Re: Is there any wrong way to interpret art? [Re: DividedQuantum]
    #23895870 - 12/05/16 04:38 AM (7 years, 1 month ago)

Interesting replies guys!

Just wanted to put this question out there to see what you made of it.
I like your point clock_of_omens, couldn't agree with you more :grin:


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