what makes this art? the arms. One set is firmly supported against the earth. The other set is almost impossibly akimbo. The darkness and the blur dissolve everything else, helping us to focus on these arms. Some people think it's art because the arms on the left symbolize X and the arms on the right symbolize Y and together they symbolize blah blah, and that's supposed to be a deep interpretation of the art. But what really makes this art is that it makes you want to find symbolism, because it sets you off balance and makes you feel like there's another world behind this one. So, art isn't about the conclusions you draw, it's about creating a desire for conclusions. |