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By: Is Quality a real quality? « Memory Of Scent

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:48:27 +0000

[…] seems immediately irrational. Art and creativity transcend linear classifications and I found this interesting conversation among artists on this subject that is too intriguing to try to summarize here. Most artists will say that the […]

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By: 10 Quality Art Sites :: Gaia Gallery

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:18:13 +0000

[…] Quality in Art Art Biz BlogApr 1, 2010 How do you define quality in art? How do you know when something is good? Is it measurable? […]

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Fri, 02 Sep 2011 01:24:30 +0000

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By: Een definitie van kunst – Ongekunsteld

Sun, 22 May 2011 22:33:01 +0000

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By: Carol Lois Haywood

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:20:13 +0000

This is an important question, and just by the way it was posed I see at least two meanings hiding behind “good” or “quality”. Sometimes someone means by this, “Is it well done?”. Several people above who emphasize workmanship and skill are taking it down that road.
When someone means instead, “Is it intriguing, stimulating, entertaining, or enjoyable?”, this is another road. One can find surprising stuff sometimes that keeps us looking and wondering, that is still not necessarily technically good. It may be handled naively or show little skill with the medium. It may even lack good composition or color harmony, etc. But it has something that strikes the viewer, which I believe makes it good art.
Others above refer to looking at listless stuff that is technically all right, just nothing new. It may show all the elements of a well planned, well executed, art work, but doesn’t seem inspired. I think we have to give such work its due: it is “quality” art. One need never be ashamed to buy it or hang it.
It takes a certain confidence in understanding the art-making process to brand something good that has technical flaws. Not everyone has the experience or training to judge this. But I think in the end this kind of quality is the central nugget in the idea of good art.If something has both kinds of quality, that is artistic genius!
Anyway, enough about this great topic, except to say that I have looked at too many local art shows judged by artists who don’t know good art is something more than skillful planning and execution.

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By: Mira M. White

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:47:30 +0000

If I view an artwork which permits me “entrance”, allows me to take a visual/ emotional journey inside the piece, demonstrates discovery and resolution- well, that, for me, is high quality art. I see so much stuff that is cranked out, and in my vocabulary, is “thin”, that I find nowhere to move inside the work. So, these are determining factors for me. Vision and skill of execution seem to work in tandem, but sometimes rough, raw work, with the fresh energy of discovery, is far more exciting to look at.

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By: terri

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:51:48 +0000

It’s a combination of things, this quality art stuff. It’s the presentation, or packaging. It’s the execution of the work. It’s the message, and it’s the viewer participation or response to what is being shown.
It’s also the intent of the artist. Is it clear, or fuzzy? What does the artist ask of us as we view the work? What do you walk away with? Emotionally and intellectually?
Is this something like that good meal that lingers a bit, and then with a small or large belch remind you of the experience? (Good, bad, indigestible, etc.)

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By: Jennifer Ressmann

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:10:14 +0000

Oh, Philip, don’t get me started on food. I think people should spend a lot more time contemplating the quality of their food. Thinking is the key here for me. Lots of contemplating about life and the stuff in it – I feel it’s important to explore the ideas about what is around us: art, food, values, etc.

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By: Wendy Edsall-Kerwin

Sat, 03 Apr 2010 22:46:58 +0000

I love that idea, Philip, ‘sensual experience of “tasting” the art’

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By: April Field

Sat, 03 Apr 2010 21:59:38 +0000

Some of it is objective. However, as a jewelry artist, quality is important, in how a piece is worn and constructed to be worn. If the workmanship is bad, it won’t last. So in the quality of workmanship, there is an objectiveness if you are knowledgeable about durability and technical parts of it.

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