[66's]异题 Issue144

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TOPIC: ISSUE144 - "It is the artist, not the critic,* who gives society something of lasting value."

*a person who evaluates works of art, such as novels, films, music, paintings, etc.
WORDS: 613
TIME: 01:15:14
DATE: 2010-3-20 22:34:47

When talking about value, it is easy for us to relate it directly with the work itself rather than the evaluation made by critics. For the masterpiece itself, it stands the test of time without evaluating to be outstanding and remarkable in the way it is to express the idea of the artist and to make resonant with its spectators, which is the value it carries. However, to make this value to be noticed by the society and thus reserved and lasting can by no means dissociate its relationship with critics.

We have to admit that the artist do create value with his work itself rather than owe it to the critic. Masterpiece, may it be painting, music, literature or any other form, carry value of its own by illustrating the underlying feeling of its author and by resonating with the spectators' subliminal inner world. When we see a abstract painting, we may have some very personal emotional reaction to the visage itself, which is not exactly described or evaluated by the critics. The reaction, how strong and vivid it is, is on the other hand majorly determined by the way the artist presents and the similarity of sense between the spectators and the artist. Therefore it is the artist rather than the critic gives it the life, the value, in the first place.

However, without critics the value just may not be recognized by the society. As we all know, some artists are so sensitive to the outer world and tend to bring this subtleness into their work. Without evaluation by the critic, it may just be too tend to be ever caught up by the society, which is majorly made up of common people with broad view. Taken Hanhan, one of the most famous writers now in China for instance; were it not by the critic who evaluates his very first public writing insightful, who would ever care about what a common student in high school write. Under the standardized scale of Chinese university entrance examination, Hanhan had long been viewed as a kid fell to write an article that may win him a high score in tests, let alone to be someone creates value to the society. Only after his first public writing recognized by the critic and publicized to the common people did they stop their hasty scan and start to scrutinize the profound meaning in his works.

Moreover, the critic also serves to make this value constantly reminded and thus lasting for a long time rather than buried into the dust of time. There are artists of all kinds all the time all over the world. People are picking up brand new information throughout their lives. If it is not for the critic, some masterpieces may soon be out of spot just because they are not in the limelight any more. It is the evaluation by the critic who makes them shiny and bright through the trials of time and not dwarfed by its nascent counterparts. Say Mona Lisa for example; there are hundreds of thousands of imitators afterwards who try to clone the masterpiece, but none of them is remembered because the critic evaluate De Vinci to be the original and should take all the honor brought about by its value.

To sum up, the artist owes the value he creates to no one else but himself. Yet, this value may not be noticed by the public or lost in the history were it not for the critic. To make the value immortal throughout time in a society, it requires both the extraordinary creation by the artist and the necessary concern from the critic.

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