Aesthetics and Art
Aesthetic Communication and Lulu Wang's The Farewell By: Nina Borja The Farewell , a 2019 narrative memoir film directed by Lulu Wang is a story that talks about culture, family, and finding one’s own identity. When discussing Orlik’s 6 outer and inner-directed tasks of art, Wang’s truth-based story on her experiences definitely begs the question of interpreting art aesthetics. Refining society and culture by offering the ideal is Orlik’s first listed outer-directed task, which is elegantly served by The Farewell . The idea that art creates culture is centered around this task, where art creates meaning and value by which "a society fills its destiny,” (Orlik p.376). The Farewell , although a film specifically about Asian American experiences and Chinese family dynamics, Wang, as director, in extension, also created a film about the love one ha...
