Comments on: Art? http://www.undertheiceberg.com/2007/03/31/art/ Sam Metcalf's blog about a new generation of leaders for the global church. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:51:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jon Hall http://www.undertheiceberg.com/2007/03/31/art/#comment-6553 Jon Hall Sun, 08 Apr 2007 00:57:49 +0000 http://www.undertheiceberg.com/2007/03/31/art/#comment-6553 The freedom of expression carries good and bad, it seems. Sans the Chapman brothers piece, I am greatly encouraged in much of what I see happening in art these days. Most encouraging (and exciting) to me, are the explosive things happening in the world of street art. Innovative artists all over the world (and yes, even here in the states, almost exclusively in urban settings) are pushing the envelope, creating art that matters, art that challenges and engages. One of the things I love most about the street art movement though, is it's venue. The street. These rebellious artists have recognized how art had been lost in our culture (and in the venue of the museum and gallery), and seek to recapture it, by bringing it to the people, to the streets. It almost seems... missional. In the same way I see a handful of innovative Christ-followers seeking to live incarnationally, among the people (instead of just inside the walls of a church), stret art seeks to bring it's message to where the people are. I sense we're seeing only the beginning of a powerful, exciting medium. I wonder how the church can learn from this? The freedom of expression carries good and bad, it seems. Sans the Chapman brothers piece, I am greatly encouraged in much of what I see happening in art these days. Most encouraging (and exciting) to me, are the explosive things happening in the world of street art. Innovative artists all over the world (and yes, even here in the states, almost exclusively in urban settings) are pushing the envelope, creating art that matters, art that challenges and engages.

One of the things I love most about the street art movement though, is it’s venue. The street. These rebellious artists have recognized how art had been lost in our culture (and in the venue of the museum and gallery), and seek to recapture it, by bringing it to the people, to the streets.

It almost seems… missional. In the same way I see a handful of innovative Christ-followers seeking to live incarnationally, among the people (instead of just inside the walls of a church), stret art seeks to bring it’s message to where the people are.

I sense we’re seeing only the beginning of a powerful, exciting medium. I wonder how the church can learn from this?

]]> By: Sam Robinson http://www.undertheiceberg.com/2007/03/31/art/#comment-5983 Sam Robinson Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:47:00 +0000 http://www.undertheiceberg.com/2007/03/31/art/#comment-5983 I would like to hear more about reaching the World through the arts. I would like to hear more about reaching the World through the arts.

]]> By: jamie http://www.undertheiceberg.com/2007/03/31/art/#comment-5657 jamie Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:02:54 +0000 http://www.undertheiceberg.com/2007/03/31/art/#comment-5657 Maybe on your next visit to AZ to visit, I can show you what my friend and I are trying to start with the arts... Maybe on your next visit to AZ to visit, I can show you what my friend and I are trying to start with the arts…

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