Jasper JohnsArt is either a complaint or appeasement.
About This Quote
If art is a complaint, it is about something that troubles you. If art is appeasement, it is to make yourself feel better by giving yourself something. One can see how this quote can apply to art itself. Some works of art are meant to make the artist feel better.
Maybe they are making fun of someone. Or maybe they are trying to raise social awareness. But sometimes, art just makes you feel bad.
That’s not necessarily a bad thing. It just means that the artist has dealt with his or her feelings in a way that reminds us of how we would deal with our own emotions by putting them into words and creating art.
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