What Makes People Remember Art

Art is a product of a human experience. When art captures the human condition, human struggle, human psyche, human nature, or human behavior, it is destined to become a classic. It's destiny is classic because it then becomes a record of a time in history. Artworks that are intriguing and pull the viewer into the world of another are never forgotten and help the observer to understand the experience, struggle or condition of another human. Artists are powerful people that help others to understand the behavior, nature, and the psyche of other human beings. In 1948 Picasso captured the tragedies of war in his painting "Guernica." Tupac Shakur is a loved artist because his music seizes the experience and the cultural war of growing up black and poor. Right now our world is at war. Artist Arabella Dorman courageously and eloquently captures the psyche and culture of soldiers in the Iraq war in her series of war paintings. http://www.artmarketmonitor.com/2009/05/27/war-paint/
(The Tupac postcard is a postcard secret from http://www.postsecret.com/)

The Artist With No Eyes. Yes. He Painted These.

Esref Armagan, taught himself to write and to paint. He was born with no eyes. Mr. Armagan also learned to draw perspective--something many artists with sight struggle with. This blind artist has helped artists learn depth in color. He has helped psychologists learn more about the brain and has opened new doors in helping neurologists understand how human beings really see. An amazing clip on You Tube of Esref Armagan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3AgO6H0H98