Art, It's for You

It’s For You & Untitled Triptych What is art? Art is a physical expression of the ideals formed by the mind. Art gives us a way to be creative and use our imagination to express ourselves. Artists, in particular, create art for some human purpose, create extraordinary versions of ordinary objects, give images that help us to remember certain events, places, or thoughts, give tangible form to the unknown, give tangible forms to feelings and ideas, and refresh our vision and help us to see the world in new ways. Art is in our everyday lives whether we recognize it or not. All art consists of form and content. Form meaning the elements of art, principles of design, and the actual materials the artist uses. Content meaning the artist’s purpose, what the artist actually portrayed, and how an audience may perceive the art. There are eight terms to help analyze our visual interpretation of art. They are line, shape, mass, light, value, color, texture, and space. These are the elements that artists use in making any work of art. When viewing the Justin Hodges exhibition, the two pieces of art that stuck out were “It’s For You” and “Untitled Triptych” because they are similar in form and context and also similar when discussing visual elements. To give more definition to the eight visual elements, they will be discussed before conferring them in the two pieces of art. The first element is line. A line is a path traced by a moving point. Lines are used as symbols for the most part when creating art. Pencils, brushes, and other utensils create lines used as symbols. Implied lines are symbols of perception which create boundaries around objects making us believe there is a line in between when in fact there is not. This can also mean it is an outline, which defines a two-dimensional shape. Contours are the boundaries of a three-dimensional object, and contour lines record those boundaries. Sometimes lines are used to create direction and movement.
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Cited: Getlein, Mark. Living with Art. 9th ed. Boston, MA: McGraw Hill, 2008. Print.