Art is a very underrated subject in the world. A vast majority of people don’t value artistic capability to the amount that they should. Indeed, museums, such as the Milwaukee Art Museum, have thousands of casual visitors. However, most people who view this art do not look at it with the right approach. It’s more so them Just walking around glancing at each piece not really taking a minute to appreciate each aspect of the painting.
This is very similar to Walker Perry’s Loss of the Creature’s ND John Burger’s Ways of Seeing. Percy and Burger’s main focus in their works of literature talk about how people will Just look at something and not actually SEE the intended meaning behind it. In order to have more people respect art, us artists need to give viewers an insight as to how to approach a particular piece and what intention(s) they should have in mind. An example is a famous piece by Duane Hanson called Janitor. Many people would walk by it and Just think it was maybe strange, or creepy.
However, Berger and Percy would most likely analyze it till they greed out what the sculpture was really about. Both authors want to captivate the viewer by taking different approaches in their methods. In Ways of Seeing by John Berger, the main point he is trying to get across is that humans do not see things clearly because of their preconceived thoughts. The ideas they already have prevent them from gaining new information or visualizing something from a different viewpoint. Berger is a very outspoken man with one specific idea.
People can look at a particular painting, however, they do not actually see it. Take for example this glass sculpture piece by Dale Chicly. Some general person Just walking through the art museum might look at it and Just think “Oh, that’s pretty cool” or “l like how squiggly it is” and nothing much else. Needless to say, it is a very intriguing work of art. The colors, dynamics, and visual movement really make it come alive. An average Joe would probably snap a few pictures of it, walk around to see different views of it, or maybe not think much at all and simply walk past it with no acknowledgement.
Berger would probably ask the ewer to think about what the creator, Dale Chicly artist intention was when making this piece. He might also say to try and imagine if you yourself created this work of art and make the viewer think about what his or her intention(s) would have been. Berger would tell them to visualize how the artist put this intricate glass sculpture together, and how they would have even gotten the idea to make something as vast as this. Maybe he would have the viewer imagine themselves as the sculpture and put all their soul and feeling into it.
Doing so would have them see if this sculpture were to have emotions and awareness what it would experience. He might also Just have them talk about his piece and say whatever comes to mind about what they like/dislike about it, what they think the meaning is, etc. After accommodating all these ideas, en would nave the viewer look at them and analyze each of the points they had made. With all of this laded out, it would make it easier for the viewer to narrow down the information and focus on what they think the objective really was.
His way of teaching consists of a lot of wordy information, and getting the reader to narrow it down to a singular focus. While Burger’s approach to advice appears to be fairly straight-forward and concise, Walker Percy would pursue his thoughts rather differently. Instead of giving them a clear understanding of what he suggests to be done, Percy would probably give them a load of confusing information that he would make them sort through and piece together themselves. In his story, Loss of the Creatures, he talks about
