In Class Discussion on Reliability
Student Chosen Topic
Maggie McBrady
In my notes I have that art doesn't put forth a purpose like most objects in our lives. So if art doesn't have a purpose why do we utilize it so often and place such large value in it? The answer as we discussed in class comes from arts ability to change our way of thinking. Reliability emphasizes the importance we place on an objects purpose. The shoes above are only shoes if they serve their purpose. When the shoes fail to serve their purpose they are no longer shoes because they no longer have their reliability. However, if we paint the shoes then they cannot serve a function because they reside in a two dimensional painting. They only represent the reliability they would have served in the real world. The purpose of art then becomes to show the reliability we place on objects. By looking at a painting of shoes we can be told a story about their owner. If the shoes are heavily worn then they might be the only pair the owner has, if the shoes are covered in mud then the owner must work in the fields, in contrast if the shoes are clean and well kept then the owner probably has multiple pairs and doesn't have to do strenuous labor. Art presents objects not for the purpose they serve but for the meanings they hold. Art skews reliability into telling a story.
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