ART

Art is what you make it really. 

It can be big, small, minute, ginormous. It can be a sculpture, a painting, a drawing, an installation or a music video your friends and you made. That's what I love about it. It's such an open form of life and includes so many facets. There used to be a strong line between what was considered art and what wasn't. It was either a drawing, a painting or a sculpture. These days everything is art. It's not so much what your artwork is, it's what the idea behind it is. 

Today, I went to an exhibition called Melbourne Now and it was a collection of artworks representing Melbourne city and the people in it. There was everything in there. Paintings, drawings, clay figures, plastic figurines, records, books, stamps, photography, an installation house, an installation with a trapeze artist, sound art (which scared the shit out of me every time it went off) - and sounded like really loud waves crashing at the beach, resin letters (which were AMAZING), graffiti on canvas, videos, postcards, a Nike Air - just everything was in there. 

It really did show me what was considered art these days. Not everything was so top notch, but it didn't matter - the reasons and ideas and artists's statements was the real mastermind behind the art. It showed what the original idea was; what first inspired them to make this artwork. It was the words behind the cover - the exploration proposal behind the finished work. 

And I appreciate that. I welcome the fact that almost everything is considered art in some way or another. I don't necessarily agree with it, but I appreciate that the world is so open about art, whether the person, as in individual, like it or not. That rust in your garage could be considered as art and might end up as the next phenomenon. Someone might hate the idea, but at least they accept that some people think of it as art. 

Thirty years ago, Christo's art wasn't anything. Now, he's a world famous artist.