The idea of beauty has been of interest to me for a while now. Studying art and art-making has brought questions about the role of aesthetics to the forefront, and has forced me to become more aware of the reasons why am attracted or not attracted to a particular object, scene, image, or person. Moreover, it has forced me to think about the place that beauty has in the art world and in my own practice.
One particular dichotomy that has made itself evident in the way I think about art-making is that beauty seems to exist in opposition to understanding; that beauty (or the perception of beauty) is completely contingent upon a lack of self-consciousness -- a disregard for the context. Understanding, on the other hand, requires complete attention not only to the object, but also to the context and the subject. This a matter of fluid versus rigid, faith versus doubt, Dionysus versus Apollo.
Through this study of beauty, I hope to find some resolution to the conflict that I see between these two opposites. I want to be able to make work that utilizes both the fluid, subjective nature of beauty and the more rigid, objective nature of reason. I have a suspicion that beauty has something very much to do with truth, and truth is my aim in art-making.
Kierstin
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