The Story Behind Our Art Isn't That Deep.
The Story Behind Our Art Isn't That Deep. I may be the only artist / art lover ever who doesn't get or give two shits about the "story" behind the art. As much as I adore Van Gogh, Renior, Monet, O'Keefe, Pollock, and a few others I don't care to know WHY they created this or that piece or how they did it. I like the ART not whatever story is there. Very occasionally I'll come across some art that I am curious about the immediate story behind it. I saw one last week on Saatchi Art of a forearm and fist. On the arm were Hebrew letters done to look like the forced tattoos the Nazi's put on the European Jews. That is probably the ONLY art I've wondered "why" on. Now I know that is not the norm and everyone assumes us artist do art for some complex social reason but let me let you in on a secrete as an artist, poet, and author: we often write or draw or paint or sculpt (etc) for no reason other then we WANT to or to sharpe