Social functions of art
Social functions of art During class, we discussed about a piece of “art” submitted to the society of independent artist for an exhibition. The piece was accepted as per rule but wasn’t displayed. This was because the organisers/museum curators believed that the piece titled “fountain” did not serve a social purpose. This prompts a question : “should all works of art present a social function?” But first, we must look into what social function are. According to “A dictionary of media and communication”, social functions are defined as “The general roles that communicative acts, or a medium of communication, can be seen as serving for society as a whole as opposed to simply for individuals.” Looking into it, I disagree with this question. A piece of art can mean anything and can express any emotion that the artist desires. I believe that artists can be selfish and make artworks that have a personal meaning to them and don’t really serve a social function. For example, a poet can write