"Art for Life" or "Art for Art's Sake"

"Art for life" is in line with people's needs, and it is also where the artist lives. Art must reflect life, and even if it reflects the ideal world in the mind, its materials come from the real world. Marx said: "I regard matter as derivative from consciousness." Artistic creation requires image thinking, image thinking is generated by consciousness, and consciousness reflects matter. In other words, art comes from life and is higher than life. It's just that when many people watch artworks, they don't know where the artworks come from, and they don't know why the artists conceived such magnificent and magical artworks.

Of course, the artist's creation is the result of long-term accumulation, apart from reading, it is observation and practical practice. Repeated creation and constant revision, in order to create a good work of art. The works created by the artist reflect social life, some can see traces, and some can't see traces at all, which can only make the audience amazed. In addition, the artist wants to live, they have to figure out people's acceptance of psychology and market trends, so as to adjust their artistic creation. That said, a lot of artists are catering to audiences, otherwise, the result of not being able to sell it so that they are starving themselves and have nothing to live on. Therefore, they will lower their creative requirements and take the initiative to cater to the audience even if they are grandstanding. After they became famous, the price of the art they created went up. As long as the artworks are sold at high prices, they will get rich quickly, and coupled with the control of production and the scarcity of artworks, of course, they can be worth tens of millions or even over 100 million. When they have money and status, they can play freely and create some works of their own accord. Even if people don’t understand, they will buy works at high prices. If the artist is not famous, even if he draws well, no one cares, and it is impossible to create some advanced works.

People don't seem to be tolerant and don't give artists too much space and freedom to create. If any work is related to politics and ideology, of course, it is impossible to understand the value of works of art. It can be said that most critics and audiences do not see the full value of works of art. After all, artworks exist across time and space and are not temporary works. Some were not well-known at the time, but later became top-quality products, which were hyped up, and the price became sky-high. And the more under-appreciated works of art, the more room for hype. Most of the works of art that are valued have been submitted to popular customs and life. The creation tendency of "art for life" is inferior, not as advanced as the creation of "art for art's sake". It's just that the creation of "art for art's sake" can easily lead to extreme artists, which are not accepted by the media and audiences.

Finally, I would like to recommend to you an artwork from life, Hermit Beer Opener. The shell of the hermit crab is cast in bronze, the body of the hermit crab and the starfish on the shell is cast in purple copper, the eyes of the hermit crab are cast in silver, we welded all the parts by hand, it looks like a real hermit crab lying there all the time from afar. It is not only a very beautiful art piece but also a functional product. A practical tool around life can also be a beautiful piece of art. We also have a lot of handmade artworks from life, if you are interested, you can click on COPPERTIST to visit our website.