What’s Your Point?
Artist：Yi-Chieh, Chang
Art express thoughts and meanings of the artist through various forms and media, and some can speak for themselves in a clear-cut and understandable way. However, it’s also common for us to face the situation that we do not know what the artist wants to express. So, when confusing is evoked, to depend on words for explanation is needed, for people to understand the work and the real meaning of the art pieces.
Art works which use statement for their final aim in creation, can only rely on their powerful theory to support its existence. However, the lack of stunning element leads to a big difference and long distance through theory and entity. With the result that audiences feel hard to be close to that kind of art pieces.
There is a huge intellectual gape of philosophy of the arts for the public to get into, so how to let audience understand the work becomes essential. Should the artist pursue the beauty of the form, or should they use a lot of logical points to emphasize the details of the work? Does it means that if the works have an awesome philosophy to support it, then no matter what it really looks like, it can be a masterpiece in no time? Does the intellectually essayistic content reduce other possibilities of arts? Can the art works touch people by the strong statements of theory behind the work? How to find the balance of the form, beauty and philosophy in an artwork? Or which is the most important part of a work? That is the main purpose of this work is trying to point out. And the artist wants people to think of the question while looking at this piece.
