The Role of the Artist

The Role of the Artist• Artists help us to see the world in new or innovative ways

• Artists make a visual record of the people, places and events of their time and place.

• Artists make functional objects and structures (buildings) more pleasurable and elevate them or imbue them with meaning.

• Artists give form to the immaterial – hidden or universal truths, spiritual forces, personal feelings.

• Artists help us to see the world in new or innovative ways.

• Artists help us to see the world in new or innovative ways.

• Artists help us to see the world in new or innovative ways.

Christo and Jean Claude

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• Artists help us to see the world in new or innovative ways.

Yayoi Kusama

Kusama work samples

• Artists help us to see the world in new or innovative ways.

Yayoi Kusama

• Artists help us to see the world in new or innovative ways.

Yayoi Kusama

OBLITERATION ROOM

Yayoi Kusama

• Artists make a visual record of the people, places and events of their time and place.

Rembrandt van Rijn Chuck Close

• Artists make a visual record of the people, places and events of their time and place.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

• Artists make a visual record of the people, places and events of their time and place.

Duane Hanson

• Artists make functional objects and structures (buildings) more pleasurable and elevate them or imbue them with meaning.

Kane Kwei

• Artists make functional objects and structures (buildings) more pleasurable and elevate them or imbue them with meaning.

Renzo Piano

• Artists make functional objects and structures (buildings) more pleasurable and elevate them or imbue them with meaning.

Renzo Piano

• Artists make functional objects and structures (buildings) more pleasurable and elevate them or imbue them with meaning.

PABLO PICASSO

• Artists give form to the immaterial – hidden or universal truths, spiritual forces, personal feelings

nkisi nkonde – Magical Figure

• Artists give form to the immaterial – hidden or universal truths, spiritual forces, personal feelings

• Artists give form to the immaterial – hidden or universal truths, spiritual forces, personal feelings

• Artists give form to the immaterial – hidden or universal truths, spiritual forces, personal feelings

Anna Mendieta

• Artists give form to the immaterial – hidden or universal truths, spiritual forces, personal feelings

Felix Gonzales Torres