The World is Changing

The events of September 11, 2001 has brought profound change to the world around us. Society is changing rapidly. It will never go back to the way it once was.  We are living on the brink of a world metamorphosis. Individual freedoms are being suppressed in the name of security, weather patterns are changing all over the world due to human manipulation of nature, we are in the shadow of a world war, there is a financial meltdown of stock markets, the rise of corporate monopolies and bullies, numerous species of life are facing extinction, crime is at a all time high, numerous people in war torn countries are facing starvation everyday, the ocean is being depleted of its resources, there is instability everywhere, and etc. 

All this should produce powerful art! What do we get, nice flower paintings, houses, and wall decorations. Most artists are stuck in their old school concepts of art.

The Thinkism Art Movement was founded on September 12, 2001 by David Kam to change the perception of art as mere wall decorations; this even applies to meaningless conceptual art. David wants art to become a rich source of food to enrich the mind, and to feed the soul. Thinkism art explores man's (woman's) relationship to the world, the world's relationship to man (woman), and man's (woman's) relationship to each other. You can say, that Thinkism Art Movement is mainly about bringing a higher social consciousness to "relationships".

We hope that our art movement can inspire the viewer to think about making positive changes in their life, and in society. Art can be meaningful beyond words, beyond culture, and language. David Kam feels there is a certain responsibility for artists to create works of art that shed new light on various social issues, philosophical issues, political issues, environmental issues, psychological issues, religious issues, and other complex matters. 

Art in Civilizations

The progress of civilization can always be traced back to the progress of art. The richer the arts, the more fully develop the civilization becomes. Now, we are in the mist of an information revolution. With the explosive growth of the Internet, the world has become a smaller place. The exchange of ideas, pictures, sound, and words are growing at a phenomenal pace. Often the transmission of information is almost instantaneous. We  can now see world events, such as planes of September 11, 2001 crashing before our very eyes. It eerily looked like a Hollywood action movie. 

David Kam, the founder of Thinkism believes fine arts have not kept up with social change. Most people view fine arts as mere decorations on a wall, not as a reflection of the world around them. Like Pablo's dog, most artists only follow tradition. The world is now changing at the speed of light; art has to keep up with changing times. Some people may view Thinkism art as “protest art” or “Freudian art”, however, the issues runs deeper. The Thinkism art movement is the fused with other disciplines. Fragments of wisdom from great thinkers such as Aristotle, Freud, Einstein...etc. may be reflected in the Thinkism artworks. Thinkism invokes the viewer to think about different social issues, philosophical issues, political issues, environmental issues, psychological issues, religious issues, and other complex matters in a different light.

How Thinkism Was Founded?

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.   Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  

The Thinkism Art of David Kam

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