Art and reality – one possible “dialogue” between the (engaged) artist and the philosopher or is the artist also “engaged” to speak about reality – Cover Image

Umetnost i stvarnost – jedan mogući „dijalog“ između (angažovanog) umetnika i filosofa ili da li je i umetnik „angažovan“ da progovara o stvarnosti –
Art and reality – one possible “dialogue” between the (engaged) artist and the philosopher or is the artist also “engaged” to speak about reality –

Author(s): Nataša Vilić
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Aesthetics
Published by: Naučno udruženje Sociološki diskurs
Keywords: Art; reality; engaged and avant-garde artist; truth; being; freedom;

Summary/Abstract: Aesthetics raises the question - Is the relationship between art and reality based on the relationship between the imaginary world in the works of art and the ”real” world? In the relationship between art and reality, the engaged artist is tasked with witnessing the truth in the language of art. The avant-garde/engaged artists test the foundations of their own existence. The question/s of the relationship between art and reality is/are reduced to the dimension of freedom. The artist does not hesitate to turn his ”primary engagement” into his own ”self-selection”. Engaged artists of the 20th century do not stop at basing their works of art on primarily aesthetic and artistic values, but regard political, cultural and existential values as primary. Their rebellion and demand for revaluation of the existing values had a wide echo. Engaged artists of the 20th and 21st century, in their broad artistic expression, seemed to be guided by the idea, “I rebel therefore I exist“.

  • Issue Year: 8/2018
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 77-95
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Serbian