«Art is the mediator for the unspeakable;
therefore it seems to be foolish,
to interpret it again through words.»
Goethe
What is increasing in art nowadays, is just this kind of foolishness.
And further more: without words, without detailed interpretation and a
sound background-knowledge it has become almost impossible for a
common mortal to approach today's art, let alone, to understand it.
It tends, on the one hand, towards philosophy and on the other,
towards the individual self-presentation of the artist himself.
Hence the unsecurity of the observer; indeed he thinks, without an
introductory-course of art, without profound interpretation, without
knowledge of lifework, biography and the psychological background of
the artist, it would be impossible, to approach a work of art.
If art is something, which just an elite can and should have access to,
that remains to be seen. The judgement of what, in the end, is true art,
what purely decoration, what pasing time activities and what simply junk is,
may be left to every individual to decide.
I think, Art is important in every form. Important for mankind. It has always
been the mirror of society. Looking at Art can be beautiful but it can be
terrible too - and today it might make you think. Art was always a means of
delight and admonition and rebuke.
Art has to do with esthetics. It should be accessible to everyone.
It must not be agreeable. But it must be allowd to be a mediator.
Art has to do with communication. A kind of communication,
that does not need words. It should not be forced, to explain itself.
It may be shocking. It may disturb. But it may please as well.
And it may be understood.