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Functions of Arts

The document discusses four main functions of art: 1. Contextual - Art that operates within the meanings used by civilization to engage with reality. Contextual artists oppose conceptual art and modernism as being outdated. 2. Personal - Art created for self-expression or gratification. It is difficult to generalize and varies between individuals. 3. Social - Art that addresses collective life and depicts social conditions to influence behavior. It is meant to be seen or used publicly. 4. Physical - Art that performs practical services due to its physical form, like chairs or architecture. Works have a functional purpose.

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Functions of Arts

The document discusses four main functions of art: 1. Contextual - Art that operates within the meanings used by civilization to engage with reality. Contextual artists oppose conceptual art and modernism as being outdated. 2. Personal - Art created for self-expression or gratification. It is difficult to generalize and varies between individuals. 3. Social - Art that addresses collective life and depicts social conditions to influence behavior. It is meant to be seen or used publicly. 4. Physical - Art that performs practical services due to its physical form, like chairs or architecture. Works have a functional purpose.

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FUNCTIONS

OF ART
Contextu
al

Person
al

Social

Physical
EXAM
Contextual Function of Art PLE

acts in the sphere of meanings used by civilization in its contact


with reality. 

Contextual artists oppose the whole tradition of conceptual art,


regarding it as an art which cannot be the answer to the problems
of modern civilization. They also oppose all modifications of
contemporary Modernism as being a stylistic version of art of the
past. Artists present Contextual art as a model of art of the modern
civilization with quick changes which the relativistic models of art
and science of the first half of the twentieth century were not able
to describe. 
Students used a photograph of
themselves to complete a linear
drawing before creating a
background based on their
contextual studies.

muga contextual-face tree bruxelles


in Belgium

BA
CK
Personal Function of Art EXAM
PLE

Most difficult to explain in any great detail

Vary from person-to-person

An artist may create out of a need for self-expression,


or gratification. S/he might have wanted
to communicate a thought or point to the viewer.
Perhaps the artist was trying to provide an aesthetic
experience, both for self and viewers. A piece might have
been meant to "merely" entertain others. Sometimes a
piece isn't meant to have any meaning at all.
one of the most famous
sculptures of all time,
Statue of David

personal encounter with a work of art,


an encounter that is interactive and
spontaneous.

BA
CK
Social Function of Art EXAM
PLE

Addresses aspects of collective life opposed to one person’s point


of view/experience

Art that depicts conditions

Influence human behavior created primarily in public and for


public situations are express/describe social/collective aspects
of human existence

It is made to be seen or used in public situations.


most monumental painting of social protest
in our time is Picasso's Guernica.

Advertising art is a common


illustration. Detail from: "100 Cans" by
Andy Warhol

BA
CK
EXAMP
Physical Function of Art LES

Most easily dealt with

Works of art that are created to perform services

usually relates to items that can be used for a practical


purpose because of their physical structure
Chairs are masculine or feminine,
juvenile or adult, shy or assertive.
Industrial Design: the Chair

The signature curves in Beijing's Olympic


stadium arose from a complex geometry
that demanded computer modeling.

BA
CK
Works of arts are significant players in the evolution of
culture, since they contribute both to cultural continuity,
and through innovations in forms and techniques, to
cultural change.
Socio-Cultural Functions of Art

Giving form to basic generative notions – the ethos of a culture.

Gives form to fundamental beliefs and feelings, it serves as conduits for


culture; in effect, culture carrier.

Art forms are essential to engaging in rituals that serves as the ingredient
required to nurture and sustain any society.

“A life without art or a society would not only be drab, it would be


unthinkable. It appears that humans instinctively seek to enhance and
beautify their lives.”
How does art fulfill Personal and Psychological needs?

“Creating art is a vehicle for making inner thoughts and feelings visible and
more objective.”
-Artist

“The aesthetics of everyday life need not hinge on a specific


experience of art.” And added “health, which is in the art
world isn’t an art object, is construed aesthetically in form of
living metaphors.”
-Robert Desjarlais in
his book “The
Auestheticss of Illness
& Healing in the
Nepal Himalayas”
EXAMP
LE

In art of dressing, people have


seen Rustom Padilla cross-
dressed. Many critics stressed the
point that such gesture is an
expected way of releasing his long
suppressed identity crisis.
Art engages not just intellectual
approach to moments of pain or comfort, but
personal, psychological, emotional and moral
stance. As we present ourselves in society, we
embody and embed through fashion, taste,
gesture, mode of violence, expression of joy
and so on the “world.”

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