This generation lives in a visual culture of unprecedented complexity. You have inherited a world in a storm of visual and artistic diversity. A sea of advertisements, websites, mobile devices, a billion apps and all before you’ve stepped foot in a museum. How did we get here and why does “here” look the way it does? In addition, what is the engine behind it all and can anyone learn the skills needed to meaningfully contribute?
In his Spotlight presentation, Mike Wiggins asks us to consider some of these questions. Sometimes the answers are fairly straightforward, but at other times, they are not.
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BIOGRAPHY
Mike Wiggins is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Art and Design. He is also a practicing graphic designer working in industries ranging from music and entertainment to higher education.
2 responses to “Exploring the Creative Arts”
I just read the Art and Blurred Boundaries article and I have never in my life thought that hard about Art. I had no idea that the definition of art went that deep, and that there is such confusion of what Art truly is. Perhaps the biggest the most interesting thing I learned is what art is not. Its not something that makes you see life in a new way. Nor is art something that is beautiful. Neither is it a work of art something that was intended by the person that made it. These things truly helped me see the real meaning of art and help me better grasp what art truly is. I look forward to the lecture on monday, so that I can better understand what a work of Art truly is, and how as christians we should take it.
Group 2
Taylor, Elle, Lauren, Alex
“Art and Blurred Boundaries”
Article from Prof. Wiggins
“Is there any conceivable definition that can explain what this mysterious beast called ‘art’ really is?” Art is not something easy to define. There are still many questions about art that have been ignored because there is no easy answer. As Christians, we need to be able to accept the fact that there are still things for us to discover and we need to have trust that we will figure it out. We need to keep a biblical perspective on art, even though that is hard to do. “We see a complicated network of similarities overlapping and criss-crossing; sometimes overall similarities, sometimes similarities of detail. I can think of no better expression to characterize these similarities than ‘family resemblance.’” This skews the main idea of the article. The primary focus on the article is viewing art as a Christian and having a Christian and biblical perspective.
Citation:
Brand, Hilary, and Adrienne Chaplin. “Art and Blurred Boundaries.” Piquant, 2001. Web. 2 Nov. 2012.