Much of what is admired art A lot was simply a product of daily work, carefully and very valuable materials with us today.
Today you can still feel this way of the art of art, when a cook or a textile designer with a special attention to detail produces very special products from a special material, which are then often referred to as works of art. Many of our works of art to date have been created as the magnificent buildings of famous rulers, created for the purpose of self -glorification and/or from tactical calculation to impress opponents or competitors.
In a very similar context, many special pieces of jewelry, furniture, tarts and paintings were made, all of them basically created by instructions bound by instructions in the pursuit of similar ideas, one could also say promotional items.
In order not to be unjust: it was often the people with money who promoted art. Perhaps the approach for one of the demarcations with which art of non -art is also different: works that arise at the price of a ruler and are shaped on his instructions, in contrast to works that arise only in terms of art.
If there is a bit of consideration, it quickly becomes clear that such a delimitation must have very vague limits: despite the bound to the order, art can arise or this only gives the possibility of creating art or the client is the actual artist.
Most of the time, the border is drawn where artistic freedom is influenced, but that is also difficult, then the approximately line loyalty to art, which can just be created in a dictatorial environment, would no longer be art.
However, in these cases the commissioner, sometimes only he (if many slaves build an impressive building), is also famous, sometimes the artist also becomes famous when it comes to the significant work of a single expert.
L'Art pour l'Art ”
On the other hand, there has been a movement since the beginning of the 19th century that “L'Art pour l'Art” , that is, art that is only created for the sake of art. In the works of art created according to this art theory, art should meet itself, no purpose should be served that is outside.
Whether the creators of the works of art created in this sense become famous seems to be subject to other laws than is the case with the "order works" . Above all, it seems to be important whether the artist is able to get enough attention to his art .
In our time, mostly two species dominate the international art business
The artists who rise to prominence within a well-established academic network, which catches its followers with well-padded wings and seeks to silence all dissenting and critical minds by denying their competence (this reflects the international scientific community, where adherents of the prevailing opinion also have an easier time). A good example of how easy such a rise can be is the career of John Baldessari .
Then there are the artists who believe that art cannot be learned from the university. So far, they have been dependent on other groups of society if they wanted their art really become famous. They usually don't have it so easy when climbing, the examples are numerous, a representative of this type of artist is, for example, Jonathan Meese .
The artist, who succeeds in chosen by the High Society as a darling, may then be able to earn a lot of money , but often has to fight with the disadvantage that his works can be seen in a really tasteless environment or are disclosed in the media of ridiculousness. In addition, he often has to learn to deal with the attitude that he is no longer taken seriously by educated people.
This celebrity, caused by a strong urge to the public, presupposes that the artist wants "his work to conquer the world" .
However, there are many artists who see their urgent motivation in the creation of art neither in obtaining great fame nor in the achievement of high profits, but art really only to create the “Art pour le Art” : Because they want to make something particularly beautiful or because they want to get to know the world and pass on the knowledge or because they really want to master a rare material or from any other kind of inner drive.
These artists might like it if their work conquered the world, but they show little to present themselves in public with the mostly necessary manner with a well -heard intensity.
Insight into a career as an artist - opportunities, potentials and risks
Successfully self -employed as an artist - art business class - earn money as an artist
Earn money as an artist - how does it work? Learn this in the Art Business Class from Paint and Smile - the business seminar especially for artists. Why are so many artists not financially successful? In the video, the 8 biggest mistakes that you should avoid are treated.
Dream job artist: How do you become an artist and can you Living from art ? || Pulse reportage
How can you Living from art ? Who determines the value of art and how does the art industry work? To find out that, Ariane tries himself as an artist, visits two young artists, goes to the vernissage and the art fair and speaks to gallery owners and artists.
Can live on your own art - that sounds like a dream for many! But there is a tough business behind the creative dream. The art business! How does the art business work and what has to happen so that you can live as a young artist from your art?
Ariane Alter wants to find this out for Puls Reportage and accompanies two young artists: One of them already lives from his art, the other would soon be able to live on his art. What do you have to do to discover and become successful as an artist in the art scene? What is the meaning of a gallery owner? And how do the prices of art come about?
Art on Instagram: self -expression or real art? | Y-collective
Lars Eidinger, Alexander Höller, Johanna Dumet, Joséphine Sagna: Through Instagram, many artists learn: inside a new hype on their art. Art is in the Nike shoe on the record cover, hanging in the shared apartment kitchen. Everything also thanks to social media . The artists: In the inside, theoretically no more galleries need to be successful - they have Instagram.
The reporters: Inside Anne Thiele and Johannes Musial accompany Alexander Höller in this report. The 24-year-old noticed them on Instagram with his fully tattooed body, the bright pictures and lots of followers. Celebrities like Dieter Bohlen, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Barbara Meier buy his pictures. Price: 20,000 euros and more. But how much art is really behind it, or is artists: inside like Alexander, just about money and fame?
The reporters are also looking for answers at an exhibition opening with Lars Eidinger . The actor shows his photo art. Many visitors come because they follow him on Instagram. As usual, Eidinger is happy to focus. Are you only so successful today?
This knows this gallery owner Nils Müller , who is behind the exhibition. He used to be a sprayer, now he is the owner of the renowned Ruttkowski gallery; 68 . He also knows the dark side of the art market : hype and commerce and speculators who drive art prices to extreme highs. They earn millions with it.
The art market opens for young people and who can afford art at all?
Sell art over the Internet
For these artists there is an opportunity for presentation today that they have never existed: the presentation of their art in the world community of the Internet . The Internet offers the first platforms in which works can be presented regardless of the display of the person of the author. On the net, lovers have unlimited access, regardless of national borders and income limits and a taste of the taste.
Access to the hiring artists is just as open to discrimination, and depending on the platform chosen, also at really low costs (no comparison to a gallery that keeps up to half of the income).
For the first time, artists can make their art known to an ideologically not bound public without annoying advertising effort if they offer their art online, for example in the online gallery of Kunstplaza .de .
