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ASSUMPTI
ONOFART

Ar
tinv
olv
esexper
ience.

Getti
ngt hisf arwi thoutasat i
sfactorydef i
nitionofar tcanbequi tewei r
dforsome.
Formostpeopl e,artdoesnotr equireaf ulldefini
tion.Artisjustexper i
ence.Byex peri
ence, we
meant heactual doingofsomet hing,(
Dudl eyetal .,1960).Whenonesay sthathehasan
exper i
enceofsomet hing,heof tenmeanst hatheknowswhatt hatsomet hi
ngisabout .
Whenonecl aimst hathehasex periencedf alli
nginl ove,getti
nghurtandbounci ngback,hei n
effectclaimst hatheknowst he( somet i
mes)endl esscycleofl ovi
ng.Whenoneasser tshav ing
exper i
encedpr eparingapar ti
cularr ecipe,hei nf actassertsknowi nghowt hereci
peismade. .
Knowi ngat hingi sdifferentf r
om hear i
ngf rom ot her swhatthesaidt hingis.AradioDJ
dispensingadv i
ceonl ov ewhenhehi msel fhasnotexper ienceditdoesnotr eal
lyknowwhathe
i
st alki
ngabout .Achor eographerwhocannotexecut eadancest ephi mselfisabogus.Ar ti
s
al
way sanexper i
ence.Unl ikef i
eldsofknowl edget hatinvolvedata,artisknownbyexper iencing.
Apai ntercannotcl aimt oknowhowt opai ntifhehasnott r
iedholdingabr ush.Asculptor
cannotpr oduceawor kofar tifachi selisf orei
gnt ohi m.Dudl eyetal.(1960)affir
medt hat“all
artdependsonexper i
ence, andi fonei st oknowar t,hemustknowi tnotasf actorinformation
butasexper ience. ”

Aworkofar tt
hencannotbeabst ractedfrom actualdoing.Inor
dertoknowwhatan
artwor ki
s,wehav etosenseit
,seeorheari t.Tof ull
yappreciat
eournati
onalhero’smonument ,
onemustgot oRizalParkandseet heactual sculptur
e.InordertoknowBey once’smusic,
onemustl i
stentoitact
uall
yexperiencethem.Af amousst oryaboutsomeonewhoador es
Picassogoessomet hi
ngli
kethis;Yearsago, GertrudeStei
nwasaskedwhysheboughtt he
pi
ct uresofthethenunknownar ti
stPicasso.“Ili
ket olookatthem”saidMissStein”(Dudleyet
al
.,1960)

Attheendoft heday ,onef ull

yget sacquaintedwi t
hartifoneimmer seshi msel fintoit.I
n
thecaseofPi casso,oneonl ylearnsaboutPi casso’sworkbyl ookingati t
.Thati spreciselywhat
MissSteindid.Inmat tersofar t
,thesubject’spercepti
onisofpr i
macy .Onecanr eadhundr eds
ofrevi
ewsaboutapar t
icularmov ie,butattheendoft heday ,unti
lheseest hemov i
ehimsel f,he
wil
lbeinnoposi t
iontoact ual
lytalkaboutt hemov ie.Hedoesnotknowt hemov ieuntilhe
experi
encesit.Ani mpor tantaspectofexper i
encingartisi t
sbei nghi ghlyper sonal,individual
,
andsubj ecti
ve.Inphi losophi calt erms,percepti
onofar ti
sal waysav aluejudgement .It
dependsonwhot heper ceiveris,histastes,hisbiases,andwhathehasi nsidehi m.
Desgusti
busnondi spunt andum est( Mattersoft ast
ear enotmat tersofdi sput e)
.One
cannotar guewi thanot herper son’sevaluati
onofar tbecauseone’sexper iencecannev erbe
knownbyanot her.
 Final
l
y,oneshoul dal
sounder scorethatev
eryex peri
encewitharti
saccompani edbysome
emot i
on.Oneei t
herli
kesordi sl
ikes,agreesordisagreesthatawor kofartisbeaut
iful
.Astage
pl
ayormot i
onpictureispart
icularlyoneofthosear tfor
mst hatevokestrongemotionsfrom i
ts
audi
ence.Wi thexperi
encecomesemot i
onsandf eeli
ngs,af
terall
.Feel
ingsandemot i
onsare
concreteproofsthattheart
wor khasbeenexper i
ences.

Humaniti
esandt hearthavebeenpar tofman’sgr owthandci v
il
izati
on.Sincethedawnof
ti
me, manhasal wayst r
iedtoexpresshisinner
mostt hought sandfeeli
ngsaboutr eali
tythr
ough
creati
ngart.Threeassumpt i
onsonar tareit
suniver
sal i
ty,i
t’
snotbeingnature, i
tsneedfor
experi
ence.Ar ti
spr esentinever
ypar tofthegl
obeandi neveryperi
odoft i
me.Thi sismeantby
i
tsuniversali
ty.Artnotbeingnature,notevenatt
empt ingtosi mpl
ymi rr
ornature.Final
ly,
without
experi
ence,thereisnoar t
.Theart
isthast obefor
emost ,apercei
verwhoi sdirectl
yintouch
withart.

Whydoesar
tinv
olv
esexper
ience?

Artinv
olvesexper
iencei
mpliest
hattheartisanavenuet
oexpressone'sfeel
i
ngs,emot
ionsor
i
deaswhi chcamef r
om onceexper
iences.Thus,ar
texpr
essestheexperi
enceofanart
ist
.
theseexperi
encesareuni
quetoaper sonanditi
ssomethi
ngthatpressesanart
istt
oproduce
art.

Forexamplewhensomeonei sbrokenheart
ed,i
tbecomeseasyforhim orhert
ocreat
ea
sadpoem orsongbecauseheorshehast hi
spainf
ulexper
ienceofl
ove.i
twouldbehardfor
onetocreat
eartwi
thoutexper
iencebecauseyoucannotmakesomethingthatyoudonoteven
knowfrom t
hestar
t.

HowDoesAr
tInv
olv
etheExper
ienceoft
heVi
ewer
?

Artcatalyzesemot i
onsand, ther
efore,exper
iences.Thi
smakesar taplatf
orm where
humansshar eexperiences.Essenti
all
y,whatmakesupt heconceptofarti
stheartobject,pl
us
theresonantemot ionoft hearti
stbehindthewor k,pl
ustheevokedemot i
onorexperi
enceof
theviewer.Iftheviewerisnottheretoper cei
vetheart,i
tbri
ngsupt hequesti
onofwhet herthe
productcreatedbyt heartisti
sartatall.

Ar
tinv
olv
esexper
iencei
nsev
eral
way
s:

Creat
ionasExperi
ence.Whenart
istscreat
etheirwork,
theyoftendr
awf rom thei
rown
experi
ences,emoti
ons,andobserv
ati
ons.Theirper
sonalexperi
encesinf
luencetheircr
eat
ive
process,l
eadingt
otheexpressi
onoftheiruni
queperspecti
ves.
 Emoti
onalExpr
ession.Ar
tall
owsarti
ststoconveythei
remot i
onsandexperi
encesthr
ough
var
iousmediumssuchaspai nti
ng,musi
c,l
iter
ature,
andmor e.Thi
semotional
expressi
oncan
beacathart
icexper
iencefort
hearti
standasour ceofconnecti
onwitht
heaudience.

Viewer'
sExper
ience.Arti
nvit
esvi
ewerst
oengagewi t
hitonaper sonall
evel.Eachperson
bri
ngst hei
rownexperiences,
memor i
es,
andint
erpr
etat
ionswhent heyencounterapieceofart.
Thi
si nter
acti
oncanleadt oadiv
erser
angeofemoti
onalresponsesandintel
lectualr
efl
ect
ions.

Cul
turalandHistor
ical
Context
.Ar tof
tenrefl
ectstheexper
iencesofaparti
cularcul
tur
eor
hi
stori
calperiod.I
tcanserveasawindowi ntotheexperi
encesofpeopl
efrom dif
ferentt
imes
andplaces,helpi
ngusunderstandt
heirperspecti
vesandchall
enges.

Aest
heti
cExperi
ence.Beyondper
sonalandemoti
onalaspect
s,artoff
ersanaestheti
c
experi
ence.I
tengagesoursensesandcanbeappreci
atedf
oritsbeauty
,composit
ion,and
craf
tsmanship.

Insummary,arti
samedi um t
hroughwhichpeoplecanshare,expl
ore,andconnectwit
h
var
ioushumanexper i
ences,whet
herthoseexper
iencesbelongtothearti
storresonatewi
ththe
audience.I
tenr
ichesourl
ivesbyall
owingustoseeandf eeltheworldt
hroughdiffer
entl
enses.