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The debate has raged on for centuries about how best to classify art, but more often than not it really just seems like people are spending more time trying to say what art isn’t. While people are certainly entitled to their own opinions when it comes to the trade there is no room for personal bias when it comes to classifying art. Art, by its very definition, is a form of self-expression of which there are many and varied. Trying to decide what art can and can’t be is like trying to tell Andy Warhol his cans of soup weren’t art.

Granted it doesn’t actually matter what he made a painting of. He could have chosen something equally accessible and innocuous like Mickey Mouse ears, the NBC logo or even something related to http://www.texaselectricityproviders.com/power-to-choose/Texas/ or other equally obscure subjects by our standards. That’s not really the point. The point is that, when people were busy saying how much of an artist Andy Warhol WASN’T they were completely missing the point or the fundamentals of what art is. It wasn’t that he painted cans of soup and it had nothing to do with time or effort – it had everything to do with what he was trying to express and convey to the world through art. That is what art is – self-expression. Art is not easily categorized.”

The debate has raged on for centuries about how best to classify art, but more often than not it really just seems like people are spending more time trying to say what art isn’t. While people are certainly entitled to their own opinions when it comes to the trade there is no room for personal bias when it comes to classifying art. Art, by its very definition, is a form of self-expression of which there are many and varied. Trying to decide what art can and can’t be is like trying to tell Andy Warhol his cans of soup weren’t art.

Granted it doesn’t actually matter what he made a painting of. He could have chosen something equally accessible and innocuous like Mickey Mouse ears, the NBC logo or even something related to http://www.texaselectricityproviders.com/power-to-choose/Texas/ or other equally obscure subjects by our standards. That’s not really the point. The point is that, when people were busy saying how much of an artist Andy Warhol WASN’T they were completely missing the point or the fundamentals of what art is. It wasn’t that he painted cans of soup and it had nothing to do with time or effort – it had everything to do with what he was trying to express and convey to the world through art. That is what art is – self-expression. Art is not easily categorized.

The best place to get information about visual artists, whether contemporary or from other periods, is to visit a museum or an art gallery. Art galleries, at least in cities like New York, are usually free. Books and websites can also give information about visual artists.

Some of the best visual artists are the Brussels-born Ren Magritte, who puzzled and enthralled viewers with his precise and surrealistic paintings of impossible situations. Another is the “primitive” French painter Henri Rousseau, his canvasses full of huge flowers and tropical plants and Read More »

Finding work in the performing arts is getting more and more difficult, it is a very competitive field for sure and not for the faint at heart. Anyone desiring to enter this glamorous field needs to know what it takes to make it in the performing arts. First, a person needs to have a goal driven attitude, lots of patience and be resilient to criticism.
Being passionate is a definite quality in a performing arts person. While practicing their trade a person needs to play many character roles and they need to be Read More »

Professional chefs are very talented and skilled in creating the most amazing meals. It often takes years of learning techniques and years of practicing to master becoming a professional chef. Professional chefs need a variety of different training and equipment to perform their best cooking.

The first thing to keep in mind when trying to become a professional chef is you need lots of experience. The best idea is to start working in restaurants very young or as soon as you think you want to be a professional chef. You don’t have to necessarily be a cook but just get Read More »

Professional cooking is an easy job to get burned out on. This is something a lot of young people often do not know when they decide that they want to spend the rest of their lives in the restaurant business. Food shows on television have done a lot for the food service industry, there is no denying that, it has glamorized the profession of cook and made what was previously considered a dull, difficult job Read More »