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Art is a figurative reflection of reality, a kind of coded message that we need to decipher. With it, we will be able to look at the world around us differently, become an emotionally more mature person and expand our horizons.
Architecture, design, painting, installations – we encounter art every day. But, unfortunately, sometimes we feel that we do not have enough knowledge to appreciate it. A familiar feeling? Maybe it’s time to fix the situation?
We will give 5 reasons to let art into your life and learn to understand it.
1Art develops emotional intelligence
With each stroke in his work, the artist expresses certain emotions. At the same time, you, as a viewer, looking at a painting, sculpture or installation, can experience completely opposite feelings. Analyze them, try to understand their cause, name them. This psychological exercise is great for developing EQ (emotional intelligence). In addition, many experts advise visiting exhibitions and museums during stressful periods for psychological relaxation.
2 ways to increase self-confidence
The ability to keep up a conversation about art, tell a company about an interesting exhibition or discuss with colleagues about a fashionable artist is respected. Showing your broad outlook, you increase self-esteem. It’s also a great way to make new friends and expand your social circle.
3Art helps to look at the world in a new way
In life, as in painting, there is not only black and white. There are many colors, halftones and shades. By studying art, you will see more than meets the eye. You will begin to look at events from a different angle. This is a very useful psychological skill that will come in handy in everyday life.
4 Way to develop fantasy
Sometimes, looking at a picture, you suddenly want to think out the stories of the characters, imagine what might happen to them next or what preceded the moment depicted in it. Don’t stop yourself! Connect your imagination. Relive what you see in front of you. The ability to fantasize fills every day with new colors.
5Art as a new hobby
We all need hobbies to distract from routine worries and thoughts about work. An interesting hobby makes us more productive. Art can just become an outlet or even a new business of a lifetime. Suddenly you get so carried away that you decide to become an artist or an art critic? Everything is possible in the world of art!
Of course, in order to immerse yourself in the art environment, you need a preparatory base. Therefore, since mid-February, the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art has been launching educational courses for adults.
Classes are held in groups of 25-30 people on weekday evenings, so it is convenient to attend them after work or school. Each meeting consists of practical and theoretical parts, which are led by recognized experts in their fields – professional artists, architects, sculptors and art historians.
Course topics vary. Thus, seminar participants» will learn how to “take apart the bricks” of modern buildings, understand how architects design and change the life of an entire city. Each lecture is complemented by a practical part, during which participants will make a model of the building of the future, assemble the Shukhov Tower and write their own architectural manifesto.
“Our course is a bridge between professional architects and spectators. This is one of the first attempts (apart from a couple of books) to tell a wide audience about architecture as something integral, – explain the course instructors, architects Anastasia Golovina and Vladimir Yuzbashev. — We are not talking about individual buildings and styles, but about a certain whole area in which we exist, which affects us and which we can also influence. Our task is to make architecture “visible”, that is, to encourage listeners to pay attention to it and the meanings hidden in it.”
During the course “» teachers will talk about the works of great masters of the XNUMXth-XNUMXth centuries, such as Paul Cezanne, Vincent van Gogh, Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Joseph Beuys, Ilya Kabakov, etc. In addition, each listener will create their own art project — a performance, an installation, or an object in the pop art style.
“During the classes, we will study 20 directions that reveal the history of art from the end of the XNUMXth century to the present day,” say the course instructors, art historians Tatyana Bortnik and Natalia Sidorova. – All classes are held in a discussion format – we love when we are asked questions, and we encourage students to discuss the material covered. Each lesson ends with a practical part – the creation of your own work, which will help you express yourself and reveal more deeply the problems of the artist’s work. We also have two joint trips to the museum planned.”
The main aim of the course” — to help listeners feel confident when visiting any exhibition and learn to formulate their own feelings and emotions.
“This course is based on the desire to turn our listeners into active participants in the conversation,” explain Tatyana Bortnik and Natalya Sidorova. – We reveal the key concepts of the art criticism lexicon, learn to correctly apply art terminology, analyzing it using the example of works from Ancient Rome to the present day. Together with the audience, we go to various exhibitions and museums, discuss in detail and analyze what we see.”