As an artist, I am often explaining what my art means to people. They often want to know what “the story” behind the painting or piece is. But truly, this is not necessary to appreciate a work of art. The only thing you need to appreciate art is your own thoughts and to evaluate your own senses. Here are some suggestions to help both children and adults appreciate contemporary art.
Notice your “gut reaction” to any piece of contemporary artwork. This is important when appreciating art. Every artist wants their work to have a voice – and while sometimes that voice is a message of peace and love, other times that message can be something much stronger. A piece of contemporary artwork can be an anti war message that appears very violent. Or a piece of contemporary artwork can appear to have an angry voice when speaking about a political issue. Your gut reaction is going to pick up on that voice 99% of the time. Trust that reaction that you have. This is exactly what the artist wants you to feel – even if it isn’t a good feeling!
Quite often artwork exists to get us talking about something. An artist can paint the relationship between a mother and daughter as loving and caring and this gets you talking about families, mothers and daughters and other relationships. Or this artwork can appear differently and the relationship can be somehow difficult – but this again gets us to talk about it and our own familial relationships as well. Great artwork inspires you to think, act and get into motion. That is all the experience of appreciation.
Every piece of contemporary art tells a story. I am sure you have heard that saying: a picture is worth a thousand words? Well this is very true. As children and adults learn to appreciate art, they become more sensitive and discover that they sense and feel things from pieces of artwork. They trust that first “gut reaction” to a piece of contemporary artwork. Every artist begins inspired to act with some bit of inspired thought. Some are expressing something cathartic. Many artists are actually healing and teaching people through their artwork. Standing in front of the artwork you’ll start to experience and sense that story as you are open to the message of this piece. It will step forward and speak to you.
As we appreciate art we learn that some art we “like” and others we don’t: that’s okay. There are actually some artists that create art purposely where they don’t want people to “like” it. They want people to have strong, visceral reactions to it. They want people to get angry or emotional when they see it. That’s the entire purpose of this contemporary artwork! Then there are other contemporary artworks that you like instantly. They have a voice that is pleasing and says something appealing. You feel immediately comfortable with them. Art appreciation is unique and different for everyone – and that is the way it should be!
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