Title: Can Art Speak For Itself?
Title: Title: Can Art Speak For Itself?
Category: /Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 850 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Title: Can Art Speak For Itself?
Category: /Arts & Humanities
Details: Words: 850 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
<Tab/>What makes art good? According to the committee which awards the Turner Prize, good art is an idea expressed that makes a great public impact. This may not be true in all cases, but it certainly is concerning a British artist named Chris Ofili. Ofili was awarded the Turner Prize in 1998 and used the prize money to visit his parent's homeland, Zimbabwe. While there, Ofili developed a huge respect for
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force not to be reckoned with. Guiliani took his case to court and lost to the First Amendment, which protects the right to free speech. Art is meant for interpretation and it may trigger a wide spectrum of responses. In this case, Ofili's painting may have just offended the wrong person. But the most important message is that this painting really reached out to people, making them feel something. That is what makes art good.