#Artistic Purpose

Art as an Antidote to Existential Emptiness

At its core, Huxley’s statement rejects the romantic notion that artists are meant merely to suffer and mirror despair back to the world. Instead, he assigns them a more demanding responsibility: to confront emptiness wi...

Art That Reveals the Viewer Within

At first glance, Louise Bourgeois rejects the idea that art should function as a clear signature of its maker. When she says, “If you find me in my work, I haven't done my job,” she turns attention away from autobiograph...