Jack Vetrianno

The Singing Butler as Seen by a Novice Art is said to be in the eye of the beholder. That sentence forces the notion that anything can be considered art depending on the viewer’s belief as to what is artistic. However, the people who sit at the epicenter of the art world: would have the masses believe that only they can determine if something is truly art. With those conflicting notions it is left to every patron of the art world to determine the artistic worth of every individual piece as each individual viewer see’s fit. In following paragraphs the literary criticisms biographical, reader response, and mythological will be used to take each reader of this essay on a journey through art. The artist Jack Vetrianno is considered to be a wonderful artist by the general public and that can be seen looking at his biographical information on his art website and the various articles that have been written about him. However, those making up the core of the art world aristocracy would differ with what the public thinks about Mr Vettrianno. That is best shown by Elizabeth Grice stating:
His paintings fetch between £300,000 and £500,000 at auction and up to £130,000 from a gallery. His most popular piece of schmaltz, The Singing Butler, made £744,800 at Sotheby’s two years ago. Three million posters of his dancers in evening …show more content…
The sun is shining on the party whilst on the horizon is a potential storm. However the photograph that I took using my iPhone captures all of the energy and excitement of the painting. And yet it speaks to me of the relationships we find ourselves in and how those worlds are linked and may be when all things considered.