[phoenix]

the point of art is that it exists when you call it. whether you like it and whatever merit it carries is something else.

often times with art pieces it can help to look at the context of the original creation and the rest of the artists body of work. As much as there are wonderful paintings which are aesthetically pleasing and very easy to understand, and stand well alone without any need for comparitive pieces or knowledge of art movements.. because their intention is to depict a scene in a certain way.. other pieces like sculpture or instalation art, even some paintings/ers are often more in depth and can require some background knowledge of the artists intentions, especially if they were created years before. I honestly don't consider this a problem when discovering a piece. There are lots of things in this world that contain more than just what is on the surface..