What is Art?
I had a person online today comment to me that Poser wasn't actually art. I blinked and gave him an earful. But before I bring up my points as to why they were wrong, I have to ask, is anyone else getting this kind of reaction? Are there other people's art forms being called "not actually art" because of some twisted sense of what art is? My first thought was that this person didn't have a creative bone in his body, and thus had to put down others with creativity. After all, if others aren't artistic, then he doesn't have to feel bad about his lack of artistry.
Now on to my points of why it is art. Poser is taking existing models, setting them up, adding other elements, and making a scene. This is no different from photography or writing. Both of them take pre-existing things (physical objects for photography, words for writing) and arrange them in a unique way to come to a result. No one questions their validity as art. No one comes after photographers and says they aren't REAL artists, and if they do, they are idiots. I am sorry, I just find the idea that something isn't art just because you didn't create every bit of it yourself to be insane. Would you bash someone who did digital drawing in Photoshop because the tools of the program did the work? Would you tear down a painter's work because he didn't create the canvas and paints and brushes by hand? To put it bluntly, ALL art is a re-arranging of existing matter into something aesthetically pleasing, be it the making of little dots on a computer screen or splatters or paint on a piece of paper or chipping of stone in a sculpture.
And a message out there to those who would call something not art for any reason: Please file your opinion under G for me. Thank you.
Now on to my points of why it is art. Poser is taking existing models, setting them up, adding other elements, and making a scene. This is no different from photography or writing. Both of them take pre-existing things (physical objects for photography, words for writing) and arrange them in a unique way to come to a result. No one questions their validity as art. No one comes after photographers and says they aren't REAL artists, and if they do, they are idiots. I am sorry, I just find the idea that something isn't art just because you didn't create every bit of it yourself to be insane. Would you bash someone who did digital drawing in Photoshop because the tools of the program did the work? Would you tear down a painter's work because he didn't create the canvas and paints and brushes by hand? To put it bluntly, ALL art is a re-arranging of existing matter into something aesthetically pleasing, be it the making of little dots on a computer screen or splatters or paint on a piece of paper or chipping of stone in a sculpture.
And a message out there to those who would call something not art for any reason: Please file your opinion under G for me. Thank you.