AmArts: Everybody’s doing it

According to Christopher Witcombe, Professor of Art History at Sweet Briar College, Virginia, “’Art for Art’s Sake’ is basically a call for release from the tyranny of meaning and purpose.” It isn’t trying to instruct and it’s not out to turn a profit. Prof. Witcombe frames his thoughts on the matter within a discourse on progressive modernism. But his high brow motives do not detract from the gritty reality that amateur and community based arts appear to exemplify art that’s conducted on an “for art’s sake” or “for the love it” basis.