Comments on: A Great Nation Deserves Great Art http://noumenon.roderickrussell.com/a-great-nation-deserves-great-art Art, Ideas, Culture & Capricious Opinion Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:29:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Roderick Russell http://noumenon.roderickrussell.com/a-great-nation-deserves-great-art/comment-page-1#comment-28 Roderick Russell Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:53:25 +0000 http://noumenon.roderickrussell.com/?p=126#comment-28 I see that statement and raise, dear M! Must art have meaning to <i>anyone</i> at all, in order to be great? Or can art exist and stand-up as great or not great somewhere above the often baseless human judgment? A good question indeed. But beyond the more interesting philosophical questions, we return to the question of government subsidized art. I agree wholeheartedly with you, and my sentence should have been questioning the utility or value of <i>public</i> art, or art that is in someway meant to be shared, if it's <i>not</i> in the public being consumed as it was (in this case) intended. In directing attention to the intensely personal experience of art and the artist (and the utility therein, as singularly beneficial), you have intentionally or not led the way towards yet another great question: should all art subsidized by the government be geared towards the creation of public art, or art that should otherwise be made available to society at large? Is art which is created and kept for personal growth only eligible for federal support? Why or why not? Thankfully I need not answer. I'm a <i>performing</i> artist, and I like having an audience. ;) It's great to have your voice back here! I see that statement and raise, dear M! Must art have meaning to anyone at all, in order to be great? Or can art exist and stand-up as great or not great somewhere above the often baseless human judgment? A good question indeed.

But beyond the more interesting philosophical questions, we return to the question of government subsidized art. I agree wholeheartedly with you, and my sentence should have been questioning the utility or value of public art, or art that is in someway meant to be shared, if it’s not in the public being consumed as it was (in this case) intended.

In directing attention to the intensely personal experience of art and the artist (and the utility therein, as singularly beneficial), you have intentionally or not led the way towards yet another great question: should all art subsidized by the government be geared towards the creation of public art, or art that should otherwise be made available to society at large? Is art which is created and kept for personal growth only eligible for federal support? Why or why not?

Thankfully I need not answer. I’m a performing artist, and I like having an audience. ;)

It’s great to have your voice back here!

]]> By: MMC http://noumenon.roderickrussell.com/a-great-nation-deserves-great-art/comment-page-1#comment-27 MMC Wed, 07 Feb 2007 21:44:40 +0000 http://noumenon.roderickrussell.com/?p=126#comment-27 Good ideas... for the most part I adamantly agree, being a closet artist of sorts myself and an avid patron of the arts... (I wonder if the increased funding by said current administration is in desperate hope to appease the overwhelming tide of Democratic officials all over the country? hmmmm) However you say: "And what is the purpose of great art if it’s not in the public eye changing opinion and encouraging thought?" Sometimes the purpose of great art is merely the expression of emotion, which in itself can be intensely private. Art does not have to be publicly accessed & appreciated to be great, it merely has to have meaning to _one person_. ~M Hmmmm... Where is the 2 Kudos box? (I have a MySpace problem.) Good ideas… for the most part I adamantly agree, being a closet artist of sorts myself and an avid patron of the arts… (I wonder if the increased funding by said current administration is in desperate hope to appease the overwhelming tide of Democratic officials all over the country? hmmmm)

However you say: “And what is the purpose of great art if it’s not in the public eye changing opinion and encouraging thought?”

Sometimes the purpose of great art is merely the expression of emotion, which in itself can be intensely private. Art does not have to be publicly accessed & appreciated to be great, it merely has to have meaning to _one person_.

~M

Hmmmm… Where is the 2 Kudos box? (I have a MySpace problem.)

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