Pocket Lint

Comedian (2019) by Maurizio Cattelan      Conceptual art is defined as art in which the idea or concept presented by the artist is considered more important than its appearance or execution. I used to reject this kind of art, thinking  how is this art? It doesn't even look like anything? Ironically, this type of art has become one of my favorites in the past year.     Exploring the arts of Danh V õ, a Vietnamese contemporary artist, was one of my favorite moments in class this week. Getting the opportunity to try to figure out the significance of his pieces felt free from "strict analyzing". Instead, it became a question of  what does this piece of art mean to you?  This interpretative and interactive approach feeds so much more interest to people. Although, we all know that art isn't always in physical form.      Take music for example, being something you only experience through one sense makes it truly interpretative. Therefore, ...

"I hope one day I'll always be able to hear what's meant, not just listen to what's said."      Being introduced to The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui was driven by tons of visual analyzing, much more than the average person probably would for a graphic novel. Motifs appear again and again and again, and now suddenly we have to keep our eyes open for when they show themselves.      Comics carry their details and impact through their visual freedom. Graphic weight (how much attention a visual element attracts) plays a key role in all of this, because giving the viewer that advantage of seeing a clear detail gives them something to build off of. But what comes next? Is that all that there is, to just be on the lookout for the obvious signs that stick out? Well, this is exactly how I used to think. A picture I took in the midst of a large crowd on the  Canada riverside as a man looks silently to the US.      I picked up photograph...