Perceptual vs Conceptual

Art can be enjoyed in many ways, but it all comes down to how the artist expresses his motives, feelings and intention through the artwork he creates.So, when an artist creates a piece of art, he addresses either one or both elements of art which are Perceptual and Conceptual.

Perceptual art, the art of which stimulates the senses. This form of art in general is created by the artist to stimulate the senses of the viewer by creating a parallel universe through their art. Perceptual art can also be sometimes know as "performance art' due to the fact that viewers can unwittingly or unknowingly be a participants in the creation of the artwork itself. A perfect example of  perceptual art is these pieces done by Kurt Wenner, a street artist from America who creates 3d pavement art.

 There are definately more examples of perceptual art but these particular pieces interests me more. why? because of the amount of detail seen within the art and the art's ability to make the viewer feel like the art is alive and they are part of it, prompting optical illusion. therefore giving it the name 3d pavement art. These type of art are usually dependent on the angle where the viewer sees it therefore making it a perceptual art.

Moving on to conceptual art, this type of art is created to carry and idea or a concept. as stated by Sol Le Witt in "Paragraphs on conceptual art" during the Artforum June 1967- "In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work. When an artist uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. The idea becomes a machine that makes the art." Therefore conceptual art is the type of art where viewers can interpret different messages in an artist's artwork. for example these pieces of art below.

an art piece of Jabberwocky from Alice in wonderland

an art piece depicting a battle between vampires and a slayer

From these pictures we can interpret different information provided just by looking at it, for example the piece above where we see a man with guns shooting people with sharp teeth while man with wings flying from behind are coming to attack him. This can be simply interpreted into a firefight between a vampire and hunter and vampires. so conceptual art are those type of art "who" make sure you notice every single detail so that you understand what the artist is trying to tell you.

 If you ask me about perceptual vs conceptual, i would definately pick conceptual as i spend a lot time daydreaming and thinking a lot, therefore conceptual interests me more as it helps my brain to be more active than dead and besides art with ideas and concepts behind them are definately worthwhile trying to figure out what is the story behind them.