#artthink

Okay i'm going to throw my thoughts out here and you can make do with it in whichever way you like... Pre-note: in this blogpost (and in my poster) i am focusing on rebellion in Art first and foremost.  When i think of conformity and etiquette in viewing Art the first thing comes to mind is Don't Touch. Unless there is a level of interaction with the artwork/installation it is commonly accepted that when you walk into a gallery or art space you keep your hands to yourself and touch the work with your eyes...  So, wouldn't rebelling in art be touching the artwork? or even damaging the artwork? what if by damaging or breaking the artwork we found something new? because of these questions I'm beginning to lean towards the idea that rebellion is fed by curiosity.  What about the impression art gives though? If we view art in a gallery do we instantly believe it is more valuable or is 'better' than any other artwork? If I were to take the Mona Lisa and display it on an alleyway wall would it have the same value? WAIT! Lets take the media for a second. An extremely supported notion about the media is that it gives society a feed of negative and untrue ideals that are so constant that we easily start to intake and adopt them. What if the idea of art being way to excuse judgement just as bad as the media? I would say that trolling is the contemporary form of rebellion when it comes to social and viral media, so what would happen if we applied that to art? It seems as if art is commonly accepted to be a platform without rating, where your impressions of the artwork aren't any more important to the next persons, but if we applied the same rating systems of social media platforms to art then THAT would be an image contemporary Rebellion. ...                                  OKAY, new idea for the poster! Considering trolls on the internet have the ability to leave a mark on videos using the rating systems they are given, and through those systems alter the public's impression of the form, by adding that system to famous traditional artworks I would be commenting that Art is no better than the Media. Both concepts leave false standards on what is valuable and the only difference is that the Media is subjected to immediate and unavoidable criticism (whether it be constructive or not), where as traditional Art is protected by the Gallery and makes it harder to be a subject of tainted impressions by people who have been deliberately offensive.