What is an Artist?

[smutnut]

I'm sorry. I just had to ask this question because there are so many creative people here and I want to hear what they have to say?

We all know an artist can create crap and a nobody can create art, but what do you think makes for an artist in any field..?

[Voodoo]

An artist sees potential and has the knowledge and skill set to create that potential.

[Tom_PM]

Another way of saying the artist see's the horse in the granite and simply has to reveal it, one chip at a time.

[AaliyahLove]

Mindwaste is a true artist.

[dyna mo]

one of my favorite artists, marcel duchamp, said this is art- because he says it's art.

[J. Falcon]

Someone who creates. Can be a painter, chef, writer, dancer, or even a carpenter.

[Pandoras]

... a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

[kane]

To me an artists is someone who creates something that entertains, enlightens, challenges, infuriates or otherwise causes an emotional reaction in someone.

[PornstarXS]

i think i am an artist when i have the time for it. but truly an artist is someone who if they could would create artwork (whatever it may be) and do it for the love of doing it rather than the compensation or accolades.

[fatfoo]

What is art? This is a difficult question. Sometimes art is as simple as drawing a red square? But is it really a masterpiece? A person that's not a genius would not understand it.



Example:
Kasimir Malewitsch, Red square (pictorial realism of a farmer woman in two dimensione)•, 1915, Oil on canvas, 53 x 53 cm, Loaned by Staatliches Russisches Museum, St. Petersburg, ? Staatliches Russisches Museum, St. Petersburg.

[smutnut]

Originally Posted by fatfoo

What is art? This is a difficult question. Sometimes art is as simple as drawing a red square? But is it really a masterpiece? A person that's not a genius would not understand it.



Example:
Kasimir Malewitsch, Red square (pictorial realism of a farmer woman in two dimensione)•, 1915, Oil on canvas, 53 x 53 cm, Loaned by Staatliches Russisches Museum, St. Petersburg, ? Staatliches Russisches Museum, St. Petersburg.

I'm actually more concerned with what people think an "artist" is than what "art is" for obvious reasons...

[marcop]

Black and white photographs are art. Ask anyone who shoot b&w and they'll tell you, "If it's black and white, it must be art". Really.

[smutnut]

Originally Posted by marcop

Black and white photographs are art. Ask anyone who shoot b&w and they'll tell you, "If it's black and white, it must be art". Really.

i was going indy so glad you set me straight

[ottopottomouse]

Originally Posted by marcop

Black and white photographs are art. Ask anyone who shoot b&w and they'll tell you, "If it's black and white, it must be art". Really.

I always thought black and white photographs were just a way of making a minger look half decent.

What is an Artist?
Someone that makes something that serves no useful physical purpose but other people desire it for its aesthetic qualities.

[Voodoo]

Originally Posted by ottopottomouse

I always thought black and white photographs were just a way of making a minger look half decent.

What is an Artist?
Someone that makes something that serves no useful physical purpose but other people desire it for its aesthetic qualities.

So an artist that design cars... Their output serves no physical useful purpose? What about the artist that creates a logo? How about the artist that designs a building?

[cykoe6]

A lazy worthless hippie sitting in his father's basement smoking dope and making nonsensical abstract doodles.

[closer]

Originally Posted by kane

To me an artists is someone who creates something that entertains, enlightens, challenges, infuriates or otherwise causes an emotional reaction in someone.

Best description of an artist

[smutnut]

Originally Posted by cykoe6

A lazy worthless hippie sitting in his father's basement smoking dope and making nonsensical abstract doodles.