Research On Dewey's Art Communication Thoughts

In current society,the relationship between art and communication has become increasingly close.The construction of art communication has become a real need.This means that it is necessary to find the ideological resources related to the study of art communication.Dewey has a lot of insights on art communication issues.The "split" between the "abundant" material foundation of American society and the "poor" spiritual architecture;the "blockage" of human communication;the disappearance of community in social development are the logical premises of Dewey's artistic transmission and nurturing the thought of art communication.Dewey developed his unique thought of artistic communication by overcoming these problems.The fact that Dewey was a central figure in the Chicago school was rarely noted by the art world.The first connotation of Dewey's thought of art communication is the theoretical exploration by solving art problems with the idea of communication.Dewey examined art from the perspective of communication and put forward his theory on the essence of social communication of art.On the basis of critical reflection on several representative doctrines of the origin of art,Dewey proposed the view that art originated in the communication activities of human common life.Dewey believed that the development of art cannot be separated from the influence of communication,a good communication environment can provide an opportunity for the emergence of excellent works of art and the driving force for artistic development.Dewey reexamined the scope and function of art with the mode of thinking and research framework of communication.He holds that the scope of the communication field can be used to provide a theoretical reference frame for the definition of the scope of art.Dewey believes that with the development of capitalist globalization,it is normal for art works to be remotely moved to other sites,which will weaken the art function.Dewey also reveals the inner mechanism of artistic communication: it is the process by which experience develops into a complete experience;in essence,the sharing of aesthetic experience between the artist and the audience.The important idea put forward by Dewey is that society exists because of communication and exists within communication.Dewey believes that communication is essentially a shared social interaction and it constructs the human social connections.Another important connotation of Dewey's thought of art communication lies in his artistic inspection from the perspective of media.Dewey inspected the relationship between art production and media technology,the characteristics of art media and the inheritance of civilization.Dewey thinks that art production and media technology are inseparable,with the fact that art production is a kind of creative exploration of artists' daily life by using media technology.After Dewey examined the art media from different perspectives,he concluded that the art media is more free than the news media,which was based on that artists are individuals with the spirit of "freedom",furthermore art works are the perfect combination of content and form,so that art works can provide the audience with a deeper level of social reality.On account of this,Dewey put forward the view that art is the only medium of free communication in the context of real society.Besides,Dewey inspected the relationship between art and civilization inheritance,and thought that art media has its unique advantages in civilization inheritance;it is an ideal medium to inherit civilization.Dewey believes that art as a medium can not only build a good vertical social connection,but also effectively overcome the "block" of daily communication and enhance understanding.Art communication can effectively coordinate social relations and inherit civilization heritage.Dewey deems that the mass culture products produced and spread under the condition of modern media technology have seriously damaged people's independent thinking ability and creativity,therefore mass culture can not promote people's healthy and all-round development.The dissemination of excellent art works can promote the improvement of human thinking level and creativity,promote the development of community,gradually make human society move towards the direction of "great community".The reason why Dewey was able to put forward this series of unique art communication thoughts is inseparable from the research methods,paradigms and horizons adopted,which also constitute an important heritage of Dewey's art communication thoughts.It provides a useful methodological enlightenment and ideological mirror for us to carry out the research of art communication in the future and construct the art communication.Dewey's thought of art communication also has some shortcomings,It is desirable that we adopt the attitude of critical absorption in the research.Although Dewey's thought of art communication is not perfect,it is nearly certain that the thought is opening up new theoretical space and enriching "imagination" for the solution of art problems and the development of art communication.