ARTISTS AS EXPLORERS

STUDENT RESPONSE: Inna & Irtaza

WHAT DO ARTISTS EXPLORE?

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HOW DO ARTISTS EXPLORE?

Personal experiences
Social expectations/norms
HOW DO

ARTISTS
EXPLORE?

Is society influencing it?

And, Cultural/religious limitations.
HOW SOCIETY IS SHAPING THE ART EXPLORATION?
IS IT PUTTING LIMITS TO IT?
Or is it expanding the concepts?
A Dance To The Music.

• A ‘German’ photo artist

“Thomas Kellner”.

• His photos were a challenge

to usual perspective.

• It resembled deconstruction
but audiences linked it to
destruction.

• DISTORTION.
THOMAS KELLNER

“London bridge is
falling down,
falling down…”
 SHATTERED
TRUMBLLED
DANCING
 MARGINALSATION

• A ‘London’ based
artist “Thompson
Hall”.

• Utilizes abstracted
symbols and text.

• Explores everyday
• Happenings around
him and portray it.
Are there any regional or religious
limitations for the art explorers?

Religion, Culture and Exploration?

There have always been controversies over the

religion–exploration relationship. Existing literatures
are supporting two opposite standpoints: religion
hinders creativity and religion facilitates creativity,
which automatically shapes the exploration paths for
artists.
SO WHY AN ART EXPLORATION
SPREE IS IMPORTANT?
 IS IT TO BUILD THE IMAGINATION?

OR TO DEVELOP THE CONFIDENCE IN EXPLORATION AND

EXPERIMENTATION?
So,
Is it essential for an artist to develop

THE
SENSE OF
INDIVIDUALITY
??
Could artist as an explorer can help
to eliminate the extraction, or
provoke a change?