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ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS OF THE TEXT.
1) WHY LOOK AT ART?
For me, looking at art has many different meanings
because it depends on how each person conceives the
work of art.
Definitely getting your eyes used to seeing reality
is a primary way to know the world around you, the
art helps you to do this, but is not only the
physical reality to emerge in a work but also the
inwardness of the artist, the simbolyc aspect e so
many times also the surreality, to have contact with
art work, meanings also to feel empathy, this is
essensial for every people and art gives rise to this
mechanism in each of us, especially when we feel
feelings in looking at faces, scenarios, costumes...
We need the work of art also because it is the
representation of the history of the evolution of the
human being in the social context, it is like a
mirror of the human being and his thought, which over
the centuries changes and assumes different ways of
expression themself, because the context in which
our ancestors lived was different from today

It is important to look at art to know what we have

been, what has influenced our culture and what
influences us today.
I think that we need looking art beyond the aestetic
concept.
2) Who defines what is art and what it isn't?
For me, who defines what art is or not resides in the
work of art itself. Everything comes from the artist,
I think that if you have the knowledge, the
imagination and above all an idea to follow, you can
create art. If you don't have these qualities, your
work can never be called a work of art.
Art and the artist must be bearers of ideas, thoughts
and emotions but they must also know how to
communicate with the outside world.
3) Why do you like art and what feelings do you
have looking at art?
I think art is the key to reading each of us, both
especially for what it communicates, very often, it
is different for everyone, and both because it is an
abstract language, if we want. it is a language that
communicates while remaining silent but is able to
touch the strings of the soul, that's why I like to
look at art.
what I feel when I look at art is changeable
sometimes I can't control my emotions, sometimes I
can't look at some works because they make me feel
bad, but it all depends on an interior condition and
when the symbols or colors are able to reflect your
mood, there is an explosion of emotions, obviously it
does not happen with all the art works, but often
yes.
4) How is art? Why are some creations more "special"
than others? How do things get chosen in museums?
This question is very important, as I said before,
the artist should transmit his idea, his thought but
also be able to communicate with people through art.
This, for me, can make a special work of art.
Personally, when I choose to visit a museum, I do it
following what I like and what I prefer to see at
that moment.
5) How do musicians choose music for concerts? How do
publishers choose manuscripts for books? Does
bringing street art like graffiti into a museum space
take some of its meaning and context away? Does it
have to be in a museum to be taken seriously?
 The artist who can be a musician, a painter or a
sculptor chooses to create his own art to communicate
something, made by denunciation, for following a
spiritual concept, to express a feeling ... obviously
this vision is subjective. The work of art was born
for me, in a physical present understood as space and
in a temporal present, the latter is in continuous
evolution while the spatial present cannot be
changeable. Delocalizing a work of art, like
graffiti, would mean removing much of the concept
that the artist had to express, and also much of the
essence of an artistic work. I think many works
brought to museums are decontextualized from their
place of origin, but at the same time I think it is
of great importance to keep the works full of value
for the public.
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