Wonders Of Beauty

Many artists in Venus in Exile, felt that the only way to describe BEAUTY, is through the form of a woman's body. Very few feel that BEAUTY is in the eye of the beholder. Some of the artist believed that abstract art can not be considered as Beauty, while others felt it was not.
You have some artist that have stated that " The idea of BEAUTY can be offensive..... It doesn't deal with issues, political issues or social issues, but an issue that it does deal with is harmony." This statement is by Brice Marden, a painter.
I agree with his statement. Beauty can be issues that come from in life or even just pictures or even shapes, scenery's, or even just spots on a canvas. I disagree with the idea that only the female form is BEAUTY. Even though, the may not be referring to just the female form as BEAUTY. The male form can also be BEAUTY. I believed this is a form of oppression of the female or the woman's place in society. There are many other forms in that can be considered BEAUTY other than the human form. The trees you walk by on a day to day basis. the flowers in a flower garden or even a scenery over looking a mountain top. All these things can be BEAUTY.
To answer the question that I have posed, BEAUTY is no longer in form of only the human form. It is in the form of whatever the individual sees or how they may see a picture, painting or even a sculpture.
The art work I have chosen is one from Charles Basquiat. I find a lot of his work is beautiful and that the statements that he makes are beautiful ones. The way he arranges his ideas and places them on the canvas, the colors are all flowing with the concept that he is presenting. The figures that he has placed as a form of representation of the ideas that he has. They bring hyou to understand where he is, where he has been , and where he is going. These statements I understand. He paints the statements in the most beautiful way. His BEAUTY, is controversy in his art.
I looked at many pieces of his, but i kept coming back to Charles Basquiat paintings. His work just speaks to me. His works talk about the struggles that he endured over the years and as he was growing up. Ideas of how he sees the world in which we live or even the world he lived in. The paintings tells his life stories. He is well known for his graffiti art in New York back in the days. His art work still looks like the graffiti he did back then. The paintings are full of his idea of BEAUTY from a social stand point, of the struggles of his culture and surroundings. A stand point that many would not see or even understand.
This painting answers my question, because it has the BEAUTY. The history and struggle the had endured on a personal level, and the struggle and the accomplishments that as a black race they have conquered.
If the painting could speak this is what it would say," LOOK AT ME I AM HERE TO STAY , YOU CAN'T MESS WITH ME ANY LONGER." With the words that are painted on there. The symbols that he has incorporated in the painting. They said a lot about him and who he is and was. The words of THOR, meaning a hero, he is a hero to so many people. The symbol of a crown, meaning he is king of the graffiti world.
In reading that one book it had many different opinions about what BEAUTY was. Each artist and each critic all have a different idea of what is. The reference really still did not give me a clear answer to my question, but it did give me a lot of insight on the way BEAUTY use to be thought about. It also gives you an idea of how it is thought about in this day and time. My answer to the question is it has changed over time. Individual artist all have their own idea of it and own concept of it also. Some critics agree with the artist about the ideas and concepts of what is BEAUTY.
It showed me that words and pictures or even stretches can turnout to be beautiful. When arranged in the right way. The message that was sent out by the painting said a lot.