The relationship between skill and art

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3 pages

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Published date :

07/03/2009

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Table of Contents The relationship between skill and art Table of Contents

 
  1. Introduction
  2. The use of amateurish art
  3. Societal movement to devalue skills in art
  4. Ideas from the book Labor and Monopoly Capitalism
  5. Conclusion
  6. Works cited

Abstract

The author Dave Beech writes in his article "skill in art" that skill is being devalued by society through several means. Once explaining the extent to which skill has ideological value, the author explains several reasons for this to take place. In as far as art is ideological, Beech states that "In fact, it would be impossible to imagine significant shift in culture without such a change in the criteria of technical competence" (290). Consider the way in which art used to be valued. In previous centuries, art was valued for the extent to which the individual artist was able to recreate what was seen. The camera claimed supreme ability to recreate reality, and accordingly art took different direction. Taking cues from Duchamp and Warhol, the artist Jeffrey Koons developed a style of art that was completely reliant upon personal skill and instead relied upon reproduction and appropriation. Several reasons for the devaluing of skill in art include the rise of such artists as Koons who intentionally create art that is made without skill.

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pencil image Vance R. Freelance writer
Level :General public Study : Literature School/University : Clarion University of Pennsylvania

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