Why Art Is Important

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61st Day of Why Art Is Important

Why is art important?

“Trying to find out what art means, I came across this quote: “Art is an idea that has found its perfect form.” Which sums it up pretty well. Within my search, I try to define a clear distinction between art and graphic design. Where graphic design is set to communicate and therefore tied to some rules, art is free to push towards new perceptions. Graphic design follows trends, art sets those trends. Associating myself with both worlds, I think art is important in the creation of new truths while always questioning the old ones. So while art is an idea that has found its perfect form, it is without any rules, restrictions, or regulations. Only with the right amount of freedom you are able to reach new grounds. Art is there to educate the world.”

-Robin van Wijk, 12/3/16

100 Days Of Why Art Is Important is a public and social practice art project by person and artist Lucca Raventinkie.

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The Best

The Best 

From Lucca  --We’ll publish THE BEST at least once a month around the 26th-2nd of every month. 

1. The best artist I’m into right now: Regards_Coupables (a French illustrator that does an amazing job)

2. Artist with the best Instagram video stories: Audra Auclair

3. Coolest and best artist-run benefit: Emergency Black Friday Rummage Sale by Evan Reiser, Lindsay Tully, and Micah Wood

4. Best art podcast: Artsy 

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60th Day of 100 Days Of Why Art Is Important

Why is art important? 

“Art is playful and irreverent, a counterpoint to the striving slog of peoplemakingmoney. Art can speak truth to power and let us share the piercing details of our lived experience; sharing these details with each other makes us more human. And, at its best, art is like a mirror that shows us who we are and points out the things that we've come to take for granted, making the ordinary beautiful, new, and strange.” 

-Lizzy Brooks, 1/18/16

100 Days Of Why Art Is Important is a public and social practice art project by person and artist Lucca Raventinkie.

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59th Day of 100 Days Of Why Art Is Important

Why is art important? 

“Art is important to me as a creative outlet in which I visually express my personal emotional and intellectual experiences in life. It is also important for me to use art as a means to expose over looked topics. With art, I give myself political voice. And by doing so, I believe this gives others voice and empowers them too.”

-Geri Montano, 12/28/15

100 Days Of Why Art Is Important is a public and social practice art project by person and artist Lucca Raventinkie.

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58th Day of 100 Days Of Why Art Is Important

Why is art important?

“I wouldn’t presume to say that art is important to everyone but only that it is important to me. Because as artists we all have the common experience of meeting people in society who have no idea what we’re doing and more importantly, why we’re doing it at all. Being a maker is a powerful expression of our individuality, because it isn’t the safe, profitable, and mainstream way of being in the world. Being a maker in a world of passive conformity is an example to others that we’re free and creative beings, and we don’t need permission to bring something into the world just because we feel like it.”

-David Marc Grant, 12/27/15

100 Days Of Why Art Is Important is a public and social practice art project by person and artist Lucca Raventinkie.

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57th Day of 100 Days Of Why Art Is Important

Why is art important? 

“When, some time in the near or far distant future, humanity comes crashing to an end, Art is one of the truest threads binding the sum total of our passions, hopes, dreams, and fantasies into one living dynamic being.”

-Kevin Woodson, 12/14/15

100 Days Of Why Art Is Important is a public and social practice art project by person and artist Lucca Raventinkie.

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56th Day of 100 Days Of Why Art Is Important

Why is art important? 

“Art is important, because it is the creative process of this universe becoming conscious of itself. It communicates ideas, feelings, [and] experiences that transcend our language barriers.”

-Christopher Willits, 12/11/15

100 Days Of Why Art Is Important is a public and social practice art project by person and artist Lucca Raventinkie.

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55th Day of 100 Days Of Why Art Is Important

“Art is important to me because it is a way to give form to thoughts and ideas that would otherwise stagnate in my subconscious. In creating artwork I can allow for an encounter with the depth of my being ness and understand myself more wholly. My studio practice reflects my thought world and the influence of the external world. In that balance I am communicating my universal being-ness with others, and inviting them into engaged creative action.”

-Jonathan Pearson, 12/10/15

100 Days Of Why Art Is Important is a public and social practice art project by person and artist Lucca Raventinkie.

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54th Day of 100 Days Of Why Art Is Important

“Art is important, because art done well holds up a mirror to society. It shows us what we don't want to see. It shows us what is real, present, and in need of renovation. It can be the bridge to reconciliation, new relationships, and healing. 

It's also important because I said so!”

-Ken-Matt Martin, 12/9/15

100 Days Of Why Art Is Important is a public and social practice art project by person and artist Lucca Raventinkie.

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53rd Day of 100 Days Of Why Art Is Important

Why is art important?

“On an individual level, Art has been an important part of my life. I’ve always enjoyed creating things as kid, and it’s something I wanted to hold onto in my adult life. Photography has been a journal of my life, destinations, and people that are in them. On a broad level, Art has value. It pushes us to think and create. There would be many things left unsaid or unexpressed if people didn’t make art. If you don’t create, all you do is take.”

-Andrew Zhou, 12/5/15

100 Days Of Why Art Is Important is a public and social practice art project by person and artist Lucca Raventinkie.

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52nd Day of 100 Days Of Why Art Is Important

Why is art important? 

“Art is important, because it gives us a way of seeing the familiar from a new perspective. It has taught me that if I think something is boring, that says more about me and how I'm looking at it than it does about the subject.”

-Jenny Odell, 12/3/15

100 Days Of Why Art Is Important is a public and social practice art project by person and artist Lucca Raventinkie.

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51st Day of 100 Days Of Why Art Is Important

Why is art important? 

“Art is important, because it can expand your perception to include things that haven't been commodified yet.”

-Christine Lee, 12/2/15

100 Days Of Why Art Is Important is a public and social practice art project by person and artist Lucca Raventinkie.

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50th Day of 100 Days Of Why Art Is Important

Why is art important?

“The pursuit of art is crucial for us as individuals to extend the possibilities of our imagination, to go beyond our wildest expectations, in order to create utopia's [with] which we can propose new and better visions for ourselves and communities.”

-Ben Wood, 12/1/15

100 Days Of Why Art Is Important is a public and social practice art project by person and artist Lucca Raventinkie.

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49th Day of 100 Days Of Why Art Is Important

Why is art important?

“Art is important, because great art inspires, teaches, and reminds us about humanity.”

-Ignatius Widiapradja, 11/30/15

100 Days Of Why Art Is Important is a public and social practice art project by person and artist Lucca Raventinkie.

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48th Day of 100 Days Of Why Art Is Important

Why is art important?

“Art is important, because it is the spirit of human nature realized through a shared experience. Whether an artist shares their spirit as a reflection, with someone else, or with the universe, this experience is what reminds us that there is something more to life than just living.”

-Jaque Fragua, 11/18/15

100 Days Of Why Art Is Important is a public practice project by person and artist Lucca Raventinkie.

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47th Day of 100 Days Of Why Art Is Important

Why is art important?

“Art is important, because it is evidence that humanity exists.”

-Cindy Shih, 11/17/15

100 Days Of Why Art Is Important is a public practice project by person and artist Lucca Raventinkie.

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46th Day of 100 Days Of Why Art Is Important

Why is art important? 

“For me personally, art is important, because I need it, end of story. But, in general, I think art is this magic space where there is endless possibilities and (supposedly) no rules, and that’s why it’s important. That space doesn't really exist anywhere else.”

-Cathy Lu, 11/16/15

100 Days Of Why Art Is Important is a public practice project by person and artist Lucca Raventinkie.