Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Like/Dislike

I'm not sure how I feel about this idea of replacing like/dislike with have access to / don't have access to.

As an artist, I understand that sometimes it takes time to develop ideas and connections, and "I don't like" can be a turnoff to understading a work (even if, in the end, you don't like it.)

But sometimes I just wanna scream @ an artwork because I just don't like it. I don't want art to become this culture where no one likes or dislikes anything. I don't want an audience of yes men (not the artistic movement/group, the plain old business kind of yes men). I want people to say that "I like this" and "I don't like this." I want people to go back to looking at art BECAUSE they like it. I hope they look at art they might not like for understanding, but art should be made because you like to make it and hope people like to look at it.

As art educators, I understand the need to avoid "I like / I Don't Like", but as artists, and viewers of art, sometimes I think its a dangerous road to head down.

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