Where can we find art in our day to day?
After the controversial appearance of Marcel Duchamp’s “Fountain” in 1917, the world began to understand that art is not only found in a painting or sculpture, but can be made from anything around us. Later the enormous success of Pop art developed this theme. In other words, the artists showed us that art is everywhere and we just need to train our eyes to see it and discover the potential of our world.
For some time, art was the exclusive competence of galleries and museums. While these remain prime hubs for art lovers, the growth of street art, performance art, land art, and many other innovative types of art have meant that it really can be something we see as we walk down the street, a part of our everyday life. lives.
The world keeps changing and we become more demanding in our desire to bring some form of art to normal life. Furniture is carved or molded in unusual and creative ways, lamps can become works of art, while we await an impression, if not an original work, on many of the free walls that we see on a regular basis, from our own homes to our offices and the doctor’s surgery.
Art governs our minds, it surrounds us on all sides. Coming to work, you can listen to your favorite piece of music through your headphones, you can be inspired by a billboard or public artwork, or even recent graffiti. At lunchtime, you can visit a gallery with a friend or watch an art movie in the evening. A single day can include the exhibition and, if you are aware of it, the appreciation of so many different types of art.
Leonardo da Vinci said that there are three types of people: those who see, those who see when shown, those who do not see. Contemporary art tries to attract the attention of all these types of people, even the latter type. Modern art is sometimes bright and eye-catching, but at the same time it is unexpected, it appears in exhibits that we would never have thought of before.
Art is a way of finding beauty in the world and adding a sense of joy to our lives. However, it can also act as a way of tackling the problems of existence that have plagued humanity for millennia. In a more abstract sense, it can influence the way you live and make your life itself a recognized thing of value. Somerset Maugham believed that life is an art, that each person creates a work of art just by living.
This is a powerful thing: by allowing art to become part of our lives and allowing it to shape our lives, we can live in a world where everything can be art, or the inspiration for art, and where everyone can, in some sense. , be an artist.