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发表于 2007-8-15 01:08:59 |只看该作者 |倒序浏览

"It is the artist, not the critic, who gives society something of lasting value."

I strongly agree with the assertion that artist, but not the critic has been contributing long lasting value to our society. Although art critics are claimed to help us gain a better interpretation of art works, the critiques often fail us in that they nevertheless pose certain impediments on the way of achieving the objective of art.

Two compelling arguments in favor of art critics are as follows: First, with considerable insight, art critics can filter out uninspired art works and at the same time guide the non-experts to pay attention to worthwhile ones, and better appreciate them. Secondly, for the artists who have create the art works, art critiques can provides them constructive comments and criticisms which can lead to better works.

However, can art critics really give society anything of lasting value by functioning as above? Let me illustrate my point of view in details.

Admittedly, uninspired and vulgar art works should be eliminated and are not worth our attention. But art critics often fail us when serve as a filter. History supports this. Consider Van Gogh, who incorporated Impressionism's bright colors and style of painting into a recognizable style. His paintings were dismissed by art critics of his time just because they didn't think his works were in line with the current style, and thus sold cheaply. Ironically, these works have become the world's best known and most expensive pieces. This aptly illustrates that art critics' evaluations are easily confined and misguided by the contemporary parameter.

Moreover, real appreciation and interpretation of an art work depends on personal interests and experience. An art work that seems boring to an art critic may deeply touch a layperson, and vice versa. Besides, the best understanding of art is gained at the very moment we encounter it ,and is exactly the instinctive impulse we have about it. So we don't even need someone to help us appreciate art and tell us what is good or what is bad about an art work. To the contrary, critique about art can easily ruin the value of it.

Finally, let us take a look at the process that an art work is created: Musical notes just flow when a musician can't resist the creative impulse in their mind; and images just appear in a painter's mind when inspiration comes up to him\her. We can easily draw the conclusion that real art is not the integration of all the feedbacks, but the creation of an artist's own spirit. If an artist concern about the feedback art critics give when he\she creates a work, the creation cease to be art.

In summary, art critics provide no more than personal perspective, not to mention anything of lasting value to society. On the other hand, artists record culture and history in a special way through art works from which we can not only achieve interpretation of the history, but also gain joy and even faith and power.