We can not say that art is one thousand years old or different numbers. We can say that art is of the same age as humanity. When we see Homo Sapiens in the history scene, Homo Sapiens express themselves with various views. For example, people painted different stone works when they lived in caves. Suppose we look carefully at those arts. We can see that they try to express their view on their lives. In those times, iPhone did not invent yet. Therefore, we can only see those times from the eyes of first humans.
Imagine that when you were eight years old, your life perspective changed. This situation happens in self-expression through art. I want to give from Homo Sapiens. In the beginning, they draw just an animal that is a pig. As time went by, the human perspective changed.
There’s one question for understanding how self-expression developed. How are people starting to give various types of artwork?
People used to draw relatively “simple” pictures of animals, such as pigs, at the beginning of civilization; how did they come to advanced art movements from this position? Undoubtedly, this did not happen in a day. It was a process that took place over thousands of years. The seeds did not become lilies in a day, did they? 🙂
Karain Cave, located in Antalya/Turkey, gives us much information about the perspectives of early humans; for example, when we look at the drawings, we see wild animals hunting. Therefore, we can say that our society directly affects how the artist expresses himself.
For instance, in Picasso’s Guernica work in the Reina Museum, we see the depression, sadness, pessimism, and the disappearance of positive thoughts about humanity, war, and death caused by the war. So why? Because when Picasso reflected on his point of view, World War II was taking place, which caused the death of millions of people. Indeed we are affected by bad news and situations. Picasso was also influenced. He was upset. He also transferred his feelings to the Guernica painting.
In occupied Paris, a Gestapo officer who had barged his way into Picasso’s apartment pointed at a photo of the mural, Guernica, asking: “Did you do that?” “No,” Picasso replied, “you did,” his wit fizzing with the anger that animates the piece.
This is why we see only hunted animals when we look at the artifacts in the Karain Cave, our environment.
I want to remove art from paintings, not just paintings. Because we should not say that in the history of the world, art consists only of paintings. For me, art is writing indirectly instead of expressing thoughts in writing. For example, in Berlin’s “Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe.”
When we look at the monument, we see a collection of rectangular prism blocks. It is gray. He told the monument’s architect, Peter Eisenman, “The world is too full of information, and here is a place without information. That is what I wanted.” in a statement to reporters. Why did the artist say this? Because the Jews went to anonymous camps during World War II, I think it refers to those days. When you enter the monument, you feel sad, but there is no information on the blocks.
If the artist is influenced by the events in society and reflects it in his perspective perception, it will affect the future behavior of society. For example, who wants war after looking at Picasso’s paintings? For this reason, artists need to express themselves for the development of civilization.
The artist needs society because if the artist is a tree, it is social events that give water to that tree. On the other hand, the community needs a tree to lean on so it does not scorch in the sun.
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