ANGAŽOVANI UMJETNIK KAO POBUNJENIK (Umjetnik kao arhitekta stvarnosti)/ENGAGED ARTIST AS A REBEL(Artist as an Architect of Reality)

Abstract

To think art from a philosophical point of view in our (confusing) time means, first of all, to analyze the artist himself, it is his creation, because the artist has always proved himself to be architects of a new coming reality. He is the creator of something new, enters a new one into reality and thus influences the change of consciousness of man, thereby preparing him for the new one, for the upcoming one. It has been shown in the history of art philosophy that the artist has never been burdened by the past, the transient one, he is not an operative; but is a speculator who draws the truth of a being from the depths of reality into the light of day. In ancient times, the artist was seen as a demonic being; in the Middle Ages, the artist was (observed from the outside) completely limited by the regimes strictly imposed on him; in the Renaissance, the artist finds ways to get rid of imposed strict regulation by speculative means and to show how the world can be transformed through art because art carries in it, in its specific way, a torch of light, that Prometheus fire that brought light into people's souls; in our time, artists try to get out of a pessimistic upcoming uncertain transhumanist future. Artists of the 20th century. and the 21st century. they realize that being an artist means being a rebel and actively engaging in social and cultural life. Why is that? One reason is that today's man has given too much of his trust, and thus responsibility for his existence, to modern science and technique, and (too)he has become burdened with modern means of communication. All this has led us to passivity of spirit, general alienation and expectations of finished solutions. In fact, most have reduced their existence to the sense-material world. The consequences of this are also the growing mental and mental illness, the absence of spirit and the overall reaction. The artist is here to tear us out of such a lethargy of spirit, not only with his works of art, but also by critical opinion and free public speech.