ART AS AN

EXPRESSION
Art is an expression made visible by a form. The
expression contained in the form is an attempt to
translate the unnamed and the unknown.

Art, at its root, is an expression and the artist is an

expresser, translating in order to create meaning. Art
expresses and translates, art acknowledges and
reveals, art transfers and art intervenes. 

Art is an expression—an expression of feeling,

belief, and character.
What does art
express?
 Feelings, beliefs, characteristics—these
are what art expresses, although often they
are not easily distilled. Our lives as
humans are full of complications and
complexities, and our thought and
experienced feelings, beliefs and
characteristics are reflective of these
complexities. 
 Art expresses as a result of the intricacies of life, as a
result of humans continually searching for meaning,
making meaning out of lived or observed experiences,
and attempting to connect to other humans (Camic 289).

Art—in the past and in the present, even still—

Why does art continuously strives to establish an understanding of the
unknown, to name the unnamed, to mark the ordinary,
express? and to dignify our existence. Central to each of those
purposes are emotions (Camic 290)

Expressions involve emotions and the act of expression is

wherein the power of art lies (Langer 67).
 Art expresses, and the expression is contained within a form.
The word contained, at first glance, is misleading, and
although the form is undoubtedly what holds the expression,
the form is not necessarily static or permanent; the form can
be dynamic (Dryden 196).

How does art

express? The form, regardless of whether it is static or dynamic, is
what captures the expression—the artist's inner truths. These
truths, in order for the art to communicate the expression
authentically, must connect with the artist's experience—her
or his lived or observed experience (Gillis 106).
TYPES OF ART
AS AN
EXPRESSION
Visual arts
HOW IS VISUAL ART EXPRESS?
Under Visual arts Artists explore color, shape and line through
painting, sculpture making, designing, and
- artist are unique person’s that the like. Artists also use a variety of media
expresses things in their own way, in such as modelling clay, paper collage, textiles
their own style their creativity truly and construction to create pieces of art.
manifest and unmasked if they are in
the right path of visual art.
- artist creativity is limited only to
his/her imagination or the way he/she
perceives things in his own world of
art.
 Drawing,Painting,Sculpture,Archi
tecture,Film making.
EXAMPLE:
PERFORMANCE ART
Performance Art is usually done
in front of a live audience using
the human body as the main
source of the performance.
 Also, this form of art uses
other styles of art, such sound
effects, lighting, and props to
elevate one’s performance
and entertain its audience.
HOW IS PERFORMANCE ART
EXPRESS?
Through performing, an artist uses its talent to
make a message to its audience and create a
connection with them.
An artist allows the audience to experience the
situations and physicality portrayed on stage, since
they share the same space, time, and air during the
performance.
Example
LITERARY ART
Literary art focuses on
writing and using of words
with a unique style. At times
the texts will be able to
make their readers feel the
emotion.
HOW IS LITERARY ART
EXPRESS?
Most of the time writers or authors
express their true self through writing
using their own style and techniques.
It is their way to communicate to
present their experiences, ideas, and
values and culture in order that their
readers can learn more about these
things and share their inner thoughts.
Example
APPLIED ART
 Refer to the application (and
resulting product) of artistic
design to utilitarian objects
in everyday use
HOW IS APPLIED ART
EXPRESS?
Applied Arts is used for artistic designs. It
includes industrial design, graphic design,
fashion design, decorative arts and interior
design. Also, design and decoration come
together to create things that are aesthetically
beautiful and useful, it is done by making
drawings, paintings and organizing
Example