Art 21

For my observations on the art 21 video I watched the art in the twenty first century season 7.
 The first observation from an artist said she "didn't like to focus on the symbolism it puts to much meaning into it." "I like to focus on what it is in a concrete way". What I think she meant by this is if you focus on the symbolism of art you can lose focus on the actual art piece and the imagery. The next speaker suggests the best kinds of artworks are the ones which are at a point where " people are unsure if it is still an art piece" which implies that to her the best kinds of art are the ones which are boundary pushing and are truly unique.

 The next artists which spoke talked about the modernization of art in today's society with one artist using photography stating "we use machines to see for our machines". While he was making this statement it showed several shots of two balls (both the size of medium SUV) which helped show how many modern art pieces rely on machinery in order to get the perfect angles. Upon further review of this artist it showed him to be Trevor Paglen who often uses photography on landscapes as well as having very geography based artworks. This helped to put into context the extent at which machines help him with setting perfect angles and finding geographical patterns.
some examples of his work are as such:

Trevor also uses long exposure in order to capture light trails making shapes and circles.
The rest of the video goes on through various artists with them all answering what art is to them and why they enjoy it. The artist's answers are mixed in with pictures and video clips of their artwork effectively showing how the definition of art varies from artist to artist.

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