To deliberately arrange elements in a way that appeals to our senses or emotions, to excite, fascinate, disgust and awaken plenty of thoughts in the onlookers mind. That is a simple way to explain what art actually is.
Most of the time it appeals to our sight and in some cases also our hearing and sense of touch.
I read an article recently about Kittiwat Unarrom, a fine art student in Thailand who is the son of a baker. He has made these amazing unbelievably realistic looking sculptures of dismembered human body parts sculpted entirely from bread. They come packaged like food and are up for sale in his showroom, all of the work on display is totally edible.
What I have been thinking about for a little while now is the scent of art.
When smelling an art piece it smells of the materials used when making it; paint, wax, plaster, clay etc.
I have not yet come across any piece of art that has a deliberate scent. Shouldn't art appeal to all our senses?
Smell is a travelling scent, it can take us on way back in time, all of a sudden you start to remember something that you thought was long lost, all due to a certain scent.
As with other senses, can two people ever smell the same. And feel the same about that smell?
imagine if you could actually visualise a scent.
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I like the way you describe art.
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of the quote of Andre Malraux trying to explain culture: “Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse or centuries, have enabled man to be less enslaved”.
True that.
Being very fascinated of scents, I look forward to seeing pieces of art that smell something!
C