Art is Provocative
Art is designed to stimulate the senses, to excite people and get them talking and thinking. Some art will do this loudly and some art will do this more subtly, but unless art evokes some reaction in the viewer, it cannot properly be considered to be art. Whether it’s love or hate, art should make the person looking at it feel something. Some art, though, is specifically designed to ensnare the senses, exciting and stimulating the viewer.
If an artist is working correctly, their work will be able to reach out and grab the person viewing their work. There may be an undercurrent to the work with which the person looking at the art can identify with and it is this undercurrent which will make that person be arrested by the art. The artist making this provocative art can be doing it intentionally, trying to shock and excite the viewer, or it can be a natural by-product. Any artwork which resonates truth, however, will naturally be able to carry that effect. Truth is the highest standard of all and any work of art which is truthful will accomplish many things at once.
