The Ugly into Beauty
In Sam’s Painting Untitled, I found many people struggled as to why this painting was in the gallery. Many said this work was bad or ugly and sneered at it. I found myself wondering time and time again why? Is it ugly because it doesn’t fit our notions of genially preconceived beauty today? With the help of David Shapir’s essay on beauty and Umberto Eco’s writings on the ugly, I examine what makes this work. I feel this painting stands out in the gallery full of aesthetically pleasing works. Instead of relying on visual beauty this painting dose everything to crush this beauty standers. The painting is comprised of, two papers that bisect the middle of the painting, that un-seamless transition from the top to the bottom that interrupts the flow of the painting. Then to enhance the miss-maxed color for objects that reside on both sides of the of the bisect. The collaged parts that seem unnecessary …show more content…
In David Shapiro’s essay Uncontrollable, “Sometimes the object of beauty is not just unexpected, but bizarre, with an aspect I initially consider odd or even ugly. Such experiences are revolutions of taste, insights into new or alien aesthetic categories.” In this one can see that not everything that one finds unappealing is ugly. In fact what one fines ugly is really beautiful in a since. This is what Shapiro is talking about when he says, “sometimes the object of beauty is not just unexpected” Another person to look at when determining if this painting is beautiful or not is Umberto Eco. In Eco’s On Ugliness, he says “Attributions of beauty or ugliness are often due not to aesthetic but to socio-political criteria.” With this one see that sometimes what we deem as ugly can vary depending on what the generally public thinks. If for example one fines kitschy painted rocks beautiful and everyone one else sees them as ugly, then one will often dough their taste and opt to comply with the
In Sam’s Painting Untitled, I found many people struggled as to why this painting was in the gallery. Many said this work was bad or ugly and sneered at it. I found myself wondering time and time again why? Is it ugly because it doesn’t fit our notions of genially preconceived beauty today? With the help of David Shapir’s essay on beauty and Umberto Eco’s writings on the ugly, I examine what makes this work. I feel this painting stands out in the gallery full of aesthetically pleasing works. Instead of relying on visual beauty this painting dose everything to crush this beauty standers. The painting is comprised of, two papers that bisect the middle of the painting, that un-seamless transition from the top to the bottom that interrupts the flow of the painting. Then to enhance the miss-maxed color for objects that reside on both sides of the of the bisect. The collaged parts that seem unnecessary …show more content…
In David Shapiro’s essay Uncontrollable, “Sometimes the object of beauty is not just unexpected, but bizarre, with an aspect I initially consider odd or even ugly. Such experiences are revolutions of taste, insights into new or alien aesthetic categories.” In this one can see that not everything that one finds unappealing is ugly. In fact what one fines ugly is really beautiful in a since. This is what Shapiro is talking about when he says, “sometimes the object of beauty is not just unexpected” Another person to look at when determining if this painting is beautiful or not is Umberto Eco. In Eco’s On Ugliness, he says “Attributions of beauty or ugliness are often due not to aesthetic but to socio-political criteria.” With this one see that sometimes what we deem as ugly can vary depending on what the generally public thinks. If for example one fines kitschy painted rocks beautiful and everyone one else sees them as ugly, then one will often dough their taste and opt to comply with the