本帖最后由 .C.C. 于 2009-6-13 15:16 编辑
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: 482 TIME: 00:34:41 DATE: 2009-6-13 14:42:29
That the speaker's assertion that only the artists give something of lasting value to society seems unfair, which ignores the critics' controbutions as well as the artists'. In my own point of view, neither of the two can be dispensed: artistic creations are made by the artists while the critics evaluate them ever deeper and more popular.
To begin with, it is true that the critics are of great importance to the art works. On the one hand, People, who are usually have no sense of art and thinking art complex and recondite. Critics evaluate works and then translate them to ever more popular statements thus those works can be tasted easily but also deeply. Consider many word famous artworks, such as Mona Lisa, which confused most people that why it is so famous just simply owning to her mysterious smile. After the explanation of the critics, they will finally understand Mona Lisa curves a woman extremely graceful indeed by every amazing delicate details including the light, which usually can never present in such sophisticated ways, which not any other artists can, and hence success to build her smile enigmatic. On the other hand, critics have the duty to list works for the purpose of representing a certain style, helping people have a better and quicker understanding of it. Heavy Metal? they may mention Led Zeppelin. Pop music? Madonna maybe the best answer. New age? It will be well illustrate by Enya or Yanni. Such representative works describe the art works thus making them ever more popular.
However, I have to concede that critics may sometimes do harm to the creativity of the artists hence affect the whole society's art works more or less. In order to get a better apprehension, some artists are more likely to carter to critics' taste. It is common to see when someone praised highly by his unprecedented work, and a lot of them are followed imaging they will be thought the same. Nevertheless, it always take no effects. Only those persist his own ideas, will they achieve in the end.
Additionally, it is the artists base the foundation of art works. Without artists, critics have nothing to evaluates, not to mention give society any value. The ancients, for instance, they create whatever they want, but the creativity of their work can never be ignored. Even there's no critics that time, but their works still stream long. What's more, sometimes critics also make mistakes slight awe-inspiring works. However, as time passes, the excellent works still shining the whole art circles. As is the cases, for example, Sydney Opera House, the Crystal Palace and so forth are all criticized badly. Finally, the former one becomes the symbolic of Sydney , even as well as Australia, while the latter stand for the burgeon of industrial design. So we should respect every art work and never declare anything is out of value due to the critics' assertive pan.
In sum, both artists and critics do dedicate in giving our society alive with lasting value. We can never ignore either of them as well as treat them fairly along with our own consideration of art. |