Communication through Visual Art
April 13, 2008
In his article ‘Visual Arts as Communication’, Quentin Engles explains how images give people food for thought. Fine art hold messages in its own language. Art says something to us and helps us see things in different ways.
“Most of us are used to regular conversational words that we may use in day-to-day life. We may even take for granted some of the things we say or hear when we have those conversations. With this there are many more sources of information that may be found from another kind of language. The language of images is all around us. In the changing of the seasons, body language, advertising, spiritual life, and fine art there is potential for a whole other way of saying things.
A guided approach to visual communication can be seen in fine art. Though many mostly see art as a way to decorate their home, or business there is also the factor of a purchased artwork saying much about the purchaser. A whole philosophy can be summed up in the context of one painting. The effectiveness of what a fine artwork is meant to convey may be recognized in the art observer’s fascination.
Even when nothing is meant to be communicated by the artist the viewer may get a sense of something being communicated in the fine art they are observing. When the artist guides their language the meaning may literally seem like one great meaningful word. Recognition of what the overall language of fine art implies is not always agreed on among people who speak on it. Aside from the apparent subjectivity of fine art all still agree there’s something being said with fine art.
Fine art as a way of communication is so dynamic that after seeing an artwork for the first time on return the art enthusiast may see something different communicated in the same artwork. A dialogue of sorts can be observed while the viewer opens their thoughts to the art. Contemplation on a particular art work can open up the mind to a different perception of reality.
Mundane things can appear wondrous and the strange can also appear beautiful. The inherent worth of fine art can be expressed with communication by way of the art work. Visual fine art has its many mediums that are unified as a source of communication. You may ask yourself, where we might be in our society without the masters of the Renaissance, as an example. The answer to that is we might be without a language. With the language of visual art we can experience the joy of the paradox that is saying nothing while saying everything.”
About the author
Quentin Engles is a fine artist. You can visit http://art-reverie.com/index.htm and see his fine art done in a dreamlike visual style.
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