Conceptual Art

Conceptual art to me is something tangible, something that we would not necessarily considered to actually be art. It is entirely subjective, and to each person, it is different...as all art is. I think that reading about Yoko Ono and her works helped me to understand this. She took a match, lit it up, and watched it burn. When you just look at it, you see a match, burning. But when you really see that match, what does it mean to you?

I thought about this, and there are many different ways you can look at it. To me, the match represents life and death. It is lit, and burns with radience. There is a giant spark at the beginning. We shine brightly throughout our lives, as the fire burns down the match. When it is time for us to go peacefully, the fire will quietly come to a halt at the end of the stick.

The thing that I like best about conceptual art is that it tells something like it is. With most all other forms of art, the emotion and "point" of the artwork is exaggerated or brought out with the artsy stuff: the paint, clay, oil and so on. But conceptual art is very raw and original; what you see is really what you get.