I'll admit that I wasn't entirely comfortable rating creativity levels of other artists' work (especially Andy Warhol's...he's a legend), but it did make think about how I view art in general. I would agree with the rest of the class that the Campbell's soup can painting wasn't that creative, but I will say that it was beautifully done. Maybe I don't feel comfortable rating other artists' work because I'm not an artist.
I thought of my visits to Munson Williams Proctor Institute and why I could stare at some works of art and just bypass others. I tend to be attracted to the oil paintings, especially if they're religious or Greek Mythology-related. I also enjoy the furniture and sculptures. I'm not all that interested in the abstract works or the works with geometrical shapes. But, now I realize that I like certain artworks more than others because of my personal taste, not because of the creativity level. One thing that I do like about abstracts is that there's a lot of room for personal interpretation (as it is with collages), but, with paintings of people and scenes, not so much. I enjoy looking at painting and drawings of people because I,myself, cannot draw people at all. I get their proportions all wrong. I will say that many artists, however talented they are, cannot seem to draw children's faces that well. They just look like smaller, slightly chubbier versions of the adult faces.
Lastly, the class discussion made me think of a children's book that I used when I took Children's Literature a few semesters ago. It's called Little Mouse's Painting, and it has to do with interpreting a piece of artwork. I love this book because it's a great way to explain art interpretation to young children. I borrowed it from a library, and I could scan some pictures onto the blog or I could just bring the book to the next class.
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