There is a kind of objectivity in looking at a work of art that is the same detached objectivity that one has looking at a hammer or for that matter, a pile of shit. This is a physical view. There is another way of looking at and talking about a work of art that constitutes a ‘logical’ view. This view involves looking at the work of art, interpreting at an experiential level and elaborating on it. There is also the ‘metaphysical’ view which is again, different from the physical or logical view of the work of art.
The logical view must be based on what is evident. Evidence. The evidence can be placed in plain view. The act of artistic creation is an act of revelation. The artist reveals the evidence. From this perspective, the artist is the instrument of ‘revelation.’ This term, revelation, has metaphysical trappings but here it is intended in a logical sense.
When I answer the question, “What is this? “In regard to my art, I am answering a logical question. Yet, I am afraid, I am not answering the deeper question of what the evidence is that is being laid bare.
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