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Contemporary artists have challenged ideas about art by stepping out of the
mainstream and thinking for themselves. ... Artists these days have more
confidence in themselves and in their ability to create individual artworks that express
something they feel strongly about, rather than creating works designed to fit into
certain social classes. Art works were never allowed to challenge the predominant
views or attitudes of society. ... Art is the backbone of contemporary
society. ... Artists can reach out to the world through
their art. It can be a means of escape, a stress release, sheer joy of creating art or a
method if expressing an opinion.
Contemporary artist Judith Kentish explains “exploration, in a sense, is the
very subject matter of my art making. ... ” Kentish challenges the ideas of art because
her artworks do not fit into the category of what is perceived to be acceptable art. ... ” Say 50 years ago, the fold or even the pleat would not be
considered art. ... ” Artists never used to go
into such detail about their art work, to show how attached they were to it. ... It doesn’t have to be aesthetically pleasing
to be art. ... Reflection or
doubling back upon is an important notion in art making, as it imitates the role of
viewing and reviewing one’s work “In my own process, the space or state of review
and reflection is usually a place of enrichment, synthesis and editing of work. ... Judith Kentish as a creator of art challenges ideas about
art, she steps out of the world of what is traditional art and goes off on her own
tangent, creating what she feels, what she wants to express, her attitudes and beliefs.
She does not follow the traditional view of what is art, instead she has created her
own.
Kentish’s use of the grid has been appropriated from many twentieth century
Western artists, such as Piet Mondrian, Agnes Martin and Eva Hesse. ...
You can not categorise Kentish’s work as a typically ‘Australian’ type of art.
The fact is that everything in Australian art initially came from elsewhere, but that
everything acquired a new meaning when translated to the unfamiliar continent. ... They are about self journey.
Jenny Holzer is another artist that challenges views about art. ... She too steps out of the traditional way of thinking of art and
creates her own.
Approximate Word count = 1916
Approximate Pages = 7.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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