What is 'Art Theory'? In the western sense, the term poses a cague ambiguity, and in the eastern, it is rather an abstract and metaphysical concept. As for etymology, theory is dericed from theoria and theoria from theoros. It refers to and act of viewing or seeing, of xourse not in a metaphysical sense. Plaro understood it as 'eida'. During the time of Plotinus, theoria encompassed gazing at every possible reality, and this gazing, that is theoria, is closely related to reality as aunit that theoriacan perceive. However, we trend to distinguish, as other scientists of dualism have done, studio art from theory since a pre-modern approach to art has been particularly tuned ro studio practice, set apart from theory. THerefore, in studio classes, students are expected to learn the subject based on the foundational curriculum methods such as medium, genre, technique, rather than bringing oue their own interpretations and discussing theories. As a result, students have become artist, who are not able to understand their own art. art proffessors who conduct class in studio are required to proceed with specific 'theories' as well as 'intellectual reflections'. In this respect, this thesis presents poieses and an idea of 'acting out'. Although art history and aesthetic theory tend to view art as a finished product, actual art-making and related theories should not only be acknowleged as 'completion' finition) but also be accompanied by theoretic interpretations of the act itself and process. Accordingly, it is to accept and appreciate art as finished result in view of current theory and aestheties thus boils down to aisthesis. Likewise, poietics starts from a point where an artist is related to studio and examines the 'work process' that extends as far as to the exact end of work. THrough the study of such relationship, it is possible that theory understands 'studio' and 'process', and an artist can grant an independent meaning to studio where s/he pours her/his heart aout creating a worl of art. THeory is a study on artistic discovery thus should be equipped with functions that can accomodate fortuiry, imitation, thinking, culture, and surrounding.
한국미술이론학회는 미술이론의 고유한 역할과 방향을 모색하고자 창립되었다. 미술창작과 해석에 필요한 제반이론을 생산하고 다양한 미술현장의 활동을 검증하고 비판하며 연구하는 학회로서 미술의 이론과 실제사이의 분리현상을 극복하는데 기여하고자 한다. 현재 미술관련 학회들의 성격이 대부분 이론영역에 치중해있고, 학과나 전공에 특화되어 있는데 반하여, 본 학회는 미술의 현장과 창작과정을 적극 반영하고 미학, 미술사 등 기존의 미술이론 영역 뿐 아니라 실기와 미술교육, 경영, 행정, 전시 등 다양한 분야를 총괄하는 학제 간 연구를 활성화시키고자 한다. 앞으로 다양한 미술이론 영역에 대한 심도 있는 연구는 물론 한국미술계의 발전과 변화에 조력할 수 있는 실천적이고 생산적인 미술이론의 형성에 본 학회는 최선을 다할 것이다.