Ben_Shahn

Ben Shahn My understanding of Ben Shahn is that he is very disliking of the fact that some artists are taught how to be an artist rather than just being their kind of artist themselves. If not that then he is simply comparing the fact that some artists are taught in college and schooling certain ways and skills in their artistry, rather than simply using their own skill and self-talent. It occurred to me that most of the classes I have really allow my personality and ability to come through. With class, we are allowed to let our personalities to escape in our artwork, but with guidelines in which we learn technique. Not technique in how we go about completing the project, but in composition, spacing, and other such “ingredients.” To me it is very necessary and I think very important that we do not give rules to art. Is that not what makes art' It surely seems that that would be what gives us different art periods and movements. If we do not have change how could artist such as Monet, Picasso and Dali be so different and yet so accepted' I must say artist, ben, shahn, ways, think, right, very, seems, artists, art, work, way, should, wrong, taught, remember, person, out, marvelous, make, know, however, different, change, canvas, artistry, acceptable, world, works, whatever, true, traveling, things, technique, take, studying, society