The Creative Process. A Case for Meaning-Making
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12875348 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Phokeng Tshepo Setai (University of the Free State, corresponding author), J K Coetzee (0000-0002-1512-8790, University of Zurich), Christoph Maeder (0000-0003-3764-4152, University of Zurich), Magdalena Wojciechowska (0000-0001-6375-422X, University of Lodz), Leáne Ackermann (University of the Free State) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 86-99 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Sociology Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1733-8077 • E-ISSN: 1733-8077 |
| Publisher | Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.18778/1733-8077.14.4.06 |
| OpenAlex | W2911580859 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
Since the beginning of time art-making has been a tool to express, preserve, and challenge the extant knowledge in society. Artists do this by finding or creatively constructing new understandings in society. An artist is able to do this through the medium he/she uses to relay the message of the artwork. The medium that an artist uses to express his/her artistic concept has an impact on the character that the artwork will take. The medium of expression forms but one of the many considerations that go through an artist’s mind when creating art. In the process of art-making, an artist seeks to create new meanings or re-imagine old ones by organizing materials and concepts. In so doing, he/she discovers novel ways to get ideas across, and thereby creates new interpretations of social phenomena. In this article, attention is given to meaning-making as a conscious and iterative component of creating art. From a series of in-depth interviews, the authors analyze the inward processes that occur within six artists’ creative praxes and how these lead their construction of meaning. Attention is also paid to how the artists manipulate concepts and how they construct and deconstruct their understandings of these concepts in the course of their creative endeavors
Aesthetics · Art · Art methodology · Character (mathematics · Construct (python library · Contemporary art · Epistemology · Expression (computer science · Extant taxon · Meaning (existential · Meaning-making · Process (computing · Sociology · Visual arts · Art Education and Development · Art Therapy and Mental Health · Computer Science · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |