Study Task 2 - READING AND UNDERSTANDING TEXTS

NOEL CARRINGTON - POPULAR ENGLISH ART 1945

KEY CONCEPTS
-Art for the people 
-Problematic nature/definition of craftsmanship
-Art grounded in a belief culture
-Popularity aligned with accessibility
-Folk art as function, value added to the everyday; fine art to display status

KEY QUOTES
- 'to meet the taste of those amongst whom the artist himself lives'
- 'the popular arts show the greatest resilience in those walks of life which, by their nature, were confined to the more or less uncultured'
- 'practised by artists of the people for the enjoyment of the people'

EXAMPLES
-Folk Art - canal boat painting/ ceramics/ signage
-Fairground rides
-Ornaments and toys - vernacular culture/ immediate visual objects

HOW COULD THIS TRIANGULATE WITHIN MY PROJECT?
-Explore how the immediate visual culture we are surrounded by defines or confines our awareness and knowledge of art and how heritage and tradition can celebrate art in more accessible forms and uphold storytelling.