Popular art is a means of expressing to the world what it wouldn’t otherwise understand; a process of revealing the contents of the world in a manner that is both direct, yet indirect, conscious, yet unconscious, and explicit, yet surreptitious. It is a dream fabricated by the artist’s imagination in dire hopes of it being realized by someone else one day, hence it is unable or unwilling to examine itself. It is a venture embarked by the artist in an attempt to make the common man see the world through his discerning lens. It is a voyage that the artist has set out on alone in hopes of getting others to team up with him along the way, and thus, fathom the ultimate exquisiteness of his destination. Others may subject the artist’s work to scrutiny, pick apart its constituents, and attempt to delve into the depths of it, but the artist is content with just sitting back and watching the product of his creativity toy with the minds of others, relishing the profound effects a mere few strokes of his brushes are having on the observer. Such is the beauty of popular art, in the artist’s decision to leave it up to the eyes of the beholder, rather than appraise it on his own.
Zuha Jamil
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