The creative act

The creative act / Marcel Duchamp

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The essay refers to the two poles of the creation of art: the artist and the spectator. On one hand the artist create, on the other hand the spectator make their contribution to the creation by deciphering and interpreting the piece in-order to bring it in contact with the external world, furthermore, they complete the creative act.

If only the artist create but without the spectator, there will be no legendary artists such as Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh. In my viewpoint, this process of how everything - the artist, the spectator and the art piece - come to a agreement, can be refer to a variety of places. For example, designers design products and consumer agree with the product by purchasing it, therefor announce a successful designer. When the audience watch a film from a director, they decide whether the like it or not.

People who create are not only artist in now days, but are creators from different professions and fields. The essay draws our attention back to the spectator, who the creator can choose not to care when they create, but their works can never avoid to face the spectator, who fulfill the creative act.