What is art：
No one can provide an accurate criterion or definition of art. Different people have different views on art. Art is an open concept, because it cannot be defined, and art does not need to justify its own existence. Susan Sontag discussed the value, meaning, and function of art in "Against Interpretation". She believes that art does not have to be something or not. To put it simply, art is a diversified concept, the meaning of the existence of art is itself, and its value is not limited to content and thought. Art shows people's thoughts and feelings, and people's souls. Art shows the invisible soul by tangible means. Art is mysterious and appears in invisible fields. When I was young, I thought art was about showing off. The reason why I had this idea was that I didn't know anything about art. In my eyes, those people in the art exhibition simply acted as if they knew something.
What is design：
Art is self-expression, design is user-centered. I used to think that the central idea of design was to solve problems, but after a lot of research, in fact, in the last century, there has been a consensus interpretation of design: The conception and planning of the artificial object of "conception and planning of the artificial object" contains more rationality and logic. Design is about making things better. This includes solving problems, and sometimes just making things more beautiful. Design is a tool, and design can give us a different way of thinking. If we want to be more specific about what the academic community says, it is that "design is the conception and planning of man-made things in order to solve the intractable problems of human interaction."
Craft ：
is short for arts and crafts. It refers to the method and process that laborers use all kinds of production tools to process or treat all kinds of raw materials and semi-finished products and finally make them into finished products. Since craft is produced under the premise of both craft and art, craft has obvious aesthetic factors.
Generally speaking, the process requires the use of reasonable means, low cost to complete the production of products, at the same time must achieve the performance and quality of the design provisions, including the cost of construction time, the number of construction personnel, tooling equipment investment, quality loss and other aspects. Generally, the process is defined as follows: the method and process in which laborers process and treat various raw materials and semi-finished products by means of production tools to change their geometric shape, overall size, surface state, internal organization, physical and chemical properties and their interrelations, and finally make them into the intended products
Relation between knowledge and creativity：
Knowledge is the root, creativity is the trunk. From the perspective of space, each part is equally important; from the perspective of time, the roots and trunks must exist at the same time, but the roots are more important, because without roots, there is no trunk, that is to say, without knowledge reserves, powerful creativity can only Can produce more useless work. Einstein said, "Creativity is more important than knowledge, because knowledge is limited, and creativity almost sums up everything in this world, it promotes technological progress, it is even the source of knowledge"
Artist Writing Duchamp:
When you look at Duchamp's work, you can hardly judge it from writing about art and design techniques. Because according to Duchamp, his works are not art, so artistic elements and design principles cannot explain his works. So I think to understand Duchamp and his work, we need to start with his story.
1917. In New York, an organization called the Society of Independent Artists announces an exhibition. The goal of this annual show is to support avant-garde art by allowing anyone to submit and exhibit work for a $6 membership fee. Duchamp, who was also one of the founders of the institution at the time, brought in the most mundane of urinals, turned it around 90 degrees, and signed its ceramic table under the pseudonym "R. Mutt." Duchamp submitted the work, titled "Fountain," without revealing his identity. Then, as everyone knows, the urinal was rejected by the exhibition committee. The organizing committee insisted that "Quan" was not art, and Duchamp quit the organization shortly after.
Duchamp is a very special presence in the history of art. First of all, he was not keen on creating, and left very few works. Secondly, he did not expect his works or ideas to be seen and understood by everyone. He refused to cooperate with dealers and many rich people's sponsorship. Duchamp's emergence was great because he completely rewrote the definition of art. When Duchamp first came to Paris in the early morning, he did not have too many ideas about art. The art brother, who had studied in the academy, also followed his brother to draw humorous illustrations or oil paintings, but most of them focused on imitation. Around 1911, Duchamp came to Cubism, which was a major breakthrough in the history of Western art, and he was naturally attracted to it, and in that year he completed what was already a mature Cubist work for chess players, but later in the same year (Sad Man on the Train) became quite different, although still in the context of Cubism, But if you look closely, he contains a kind of movement that never existed in Cubism. But this painting is more of an experiment for 】Duchamp, and the real turning point is the nude descending the stairs in 1912. The sense of patchwork in this painting is very strong, and the method of cutting the form in the work is typical of Cubism. The sense of line and movement in the picture are easy to remind people of the future. The superposition of the body was derived from the photography technique that was emerging in Europe at that time. There's not a lot of originality in this painting. It's not very subversive. The real turning point is what happens to the painting after that.
In 1912, Duchamp sent the nude down the stairs to the Salon of Independent Artists in Paris. But the painting was rejected by the supposedly unbiased avant-garde art fair, which said it did not meet cubist criteria because it contained too many futuristic elements. Through this experience, Duchamp learned a lesson. Looking back at the history of several decades, the so-called emerging artists tried to fight back against traditional art with the slogan "liberate art from evil traditions and dogmas". But when they really succeeded, they began to circle the land at a faster speed and added new standards and institutions to the definition of art.
Duchamp saw all this clearly, but he did not get angry, nor did he argue, but quietly took the picture home. Duchamp did not need what others called recognition. Duchamp believed that recognition and expectation from others were both encouragement and imprisonment. If a person cares too much about these things, then he will be recognized as well as tied down. These were not what Duchamp wanted, so he made a very important decision. In 1913, Duchamp made a sculpture of a bicycle tire by attaching it to a stool. In 1914, he bought a bottle shelf from the store, took it home, signed it, and made another piece. In 1915, he brought home a snow shovel from a store and made it into a new work... This is Duchamp's best interpretation of the idea of choosing objects that can be found everywhere in everyday life and turning them into art. He called these works ready-made. The original meaning of the objects in the sculptures has been stripped away, and Duchamp has no other meaning to add to them, which is the "anti-meaning". These objects were never made by celebrities, they are ordinary industrial products, which is the "anti-authority". Duchamp's works themselves have no logic. His creation cannot be explained clearly by rational theory or artistic expression, which is "anti-rationality". Duchamp's Fountain is the most famous "ready-made" in this kind of work.
Duchamp always had a sarcastic but funny attitude towards art. Almost all of his works start from what people call play around, so it becomes extremely difficult to explain or understand his
works. Because we need to, like Duchamp, put aside all our knowledge of art, perceptual or rational, self-conscious or authoritative. To sum up, we can appreciate Duchamp's art with the same colored glasses that we use to look at works of art, which are not in the so-called range of beauty and ugliness. Because to interpret these works from the very bottom, they are nothing more than ordinary objects to the extreme.
As Duchamp said, "Fifty years ago, I put the urinal in their face, and now they are beginning to extol the beauty of the urinal." It seems that the audience's aesthetic has been improved, but in fact it is extremely ironic. But isn't that what Duchamp was trying to say?
Duchamp's greatest achievement was to re-establish the value of art. "ready-made" changed the way most people think about art and the world. I am very fond of the painting written by a critic after reading Duchamp's works. "It is a chaotic satire and an art of revenge." Duchamp's friend also said that Duchamp's best work is the time he spent. I fully agree with this sentence, and I also hope that I can treat my life or my works like Duchamp said, that is, "My art is my life".
Short Self-Introduction
identification and empathy with my design make me tick. I like this feeling very much. I won't feel lonely, nor do I want to socialize in a mixed crowd. I prefer to designing, it can resonate with me in the art world, so that I can have a sense of belonging in my inner world. I don't think material satisfaction lasts as long as psychological satisfaction, so I am willing to do design in the rest of my life.