Constructing Meaning

Often in the art world I feel that the communication between the artist and the audience is lost even at the professional level. I think that many artists create selfishly for themselves preventing their work from getting across original ideas and emotions. This "shared language" is often non-existant in art and the once created "puzzle" that may have been filled with ideas to unravel is missing many pieces. I think the lack of shared language, communication and attention to the audience in one piece brings down the credibilty of the entire art community. That is why I found this chapter extremely relevent and important especially when we are just beginning a new project. It is critical to pay attention to the purpose and intent of your piece before you just dive in to the actual creation. I also found the comparisons between modernism and post-modernism helpful because it simply broke down what artist are doing today. It described the movement collision as "an enormous aount of energy" released which I felt was a good way to describe it. However finding similarities within postmodern art allows us to see what is working and what is not. Personally I feel that characteristics such as appropriation and re-contextulalization are becoming overdone and cliche and it is time for art to go in a different direction.