We can give several names of those famous artists who we have read about in textbooks and feature articles. There could also be some in your circle of friends who happen to be pursuing a degree in art. There are people with artistic gifts who can create marvelous artworks for our eyes to enjoy. If you ever observe artists begin with their artwork, you can see them closing their eyes as if they are trying to visualize the final form of their masterpiece. What they are really trying to do here is to draw their feelings and emotions from within and express them outside of their bodies through their art.

In this case, as artists create their artwork, they put their own heart into it, which could tell a story or a commentary about certain things in our world. Whatever that may be, an artwork can be a good representation of the artist behind it because of the personal message that it has. However, when an artist try to make an artwork to gain profit, some critics raise a question if that piece of artwork can still be called as “art.”

What Really Makes Something An ‘Art’

A formal definiton of art would mention about the artist’s intentions to convey his or her thoughts through several media. Now, if an artist start to create art to sell it afterwards, the intention of the artist is to gain profit, and whatever message that he or she would like to put into the artwork is already defeated, for the motivation in doing the artwork is to earn money.

Critics also believe that an art is the one standing in between the artist and his or her audience. In the case of an art made to be sold, particularly a mass-produced art, the audience is no longer there to receive the artist’s message, but to consume some kind of service. Perhaps you can also see a bunch of beautiful works made by talented artists in the Amazon Great Indian Sale, where you can pick a nice painting or figurines to make your abode more appealing.

The Message Of The Art Is Still In The Hands Of The Viewer

Some people would say, however, that whatever message an artwork has, that can be interpreted by different people in different ways, similar to how abstract art is often perceived. With this, even if an artist decide to sell his or her works, the person who will take interest in it and purchase it from the store can give a whole new meaning to this artwork. In fact, the buyer of the artwork can display or frame it according to how he or she would like it to appear.