<p>Watched a documentary about:Jean-Michel Basquiat (forgot the name). D likes his painting. I said he is a contemporary artist and D said no, he is old, born in 1960, His art is a history. Feel funny about this. 60 for me is so different from her view.
I feel this film helped me a lot to understand “art”. Art is an expression of an individual with his/her voice to express his/her perspective of the world. Basquiat didn’t have a lot education and we can see that from his art, but that doesn’t mean deep education will hurt you as a artist. </p>
<p>There is a saying about art education: Institution only can teach old, out of date stuff and it is useless. This is not right from my opinion. You need to stand on something solid and high to move on and art education will help.</p>
<p>Basquiat’s work show his voice, of course, his lack of education reflected there. That doesn’t mean an educated artist can not have a unique voice expressed in his/her work.</p>