Art
Why as a Christian Artist You Don’t Have to Create Religious Work
The first thing that the Bible reveals to us in Genesis is that God is creative. “In the beginning God created…” Genesis 1:1. Then, God created man and woman in His image and by doing so has made each of us creative. Practicing that creativity as an artist or designer is a form of worship. Being a Christian designer does not mean that we are resigned solely to designing and creating religious materials because the act of creating gives glory to God. We can glorify God by being who He made us to be.
Our faith should impact everything from our motivations to create to how we choose to share it. By glorifying God, we are revealing His character to others. We should let the Gospel transform what we make even when we are not creating religious materials.
Siedell talks about how “the power of art relies on the belief that smelly oils, rough canvas, graphite marks, and other banal materials can provide a profound aesthetic experience” (Siedell 82). The banal materials are used to create the artwork provide an intensified experience for the viewer and the belief in art and the installation environment plays an important role in that.
While artists continue to push the boundaries of relational aesthetics and an embodied experience, the questions surrounding…
