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Just what is art these days? - continued |
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In other words, let's assume that the artist did not actually create, with hand on mouse, any part of this drawing. He started with stock photos and then used the automatic tools for everything else. Does this disqualify him? Does this make him less deserving of honor? Just what constitutes art these days?? It used to be easy: If you could draw or paint, you could be an artist. If you had the vision but not the physical skills, you pumped gas or cooked french fries. But today, it's different, thanks in great part to programs like CorelDRAW, and you could argue (and so I will) that this piece of art symbolizes what CorelDRAW is all about. A man with a sense of the aesthetic uses the tools to do the dirty work. Perhaps because he couldn't, or perhaps because he had better things to do with his time. From one view, this artist might have performed no actual creation, and to some that could be thought of as tantamount to fraud. From another view, he became the quintessential CorelDRAW user for turning to the tools to allow his artistic vision to be realized. As I have said a million times and counting, the tools can't replace the vision; that has to come from within. But today, impressive use of the tools is often mistaken as art in and of itself, and beautiful artwork that doesn't take advantage of DRAW's more powerful features is often thought of as sub-standard. Can't it all just be art? Can't we just like it if it looks good? You decide just what is art these days?
Rick Altman is the editor-at-large for Corel Magazine and the host of the CorelWorld User Conferences. You can send e-mail to him at rick@altman.com as well. |
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