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Re: [Merged] Is it Art?
Excellent stuff!
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17-01-2009, 13:11
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Hoax EU Art
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Originally Posted by BBC News
The Czech EU presidency has apologised for an art installation it commissioned that lampoons national stereotypes.
Czech Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra apologised directly to Bulgaria, which has formally complained over its depiction as a toilet in the art work.
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18-04-2009, 21:35
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Re: [Merged] Is it Art?
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12-06-2009, 16:19
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Re: [Merged] Is it Art?
Banksy's new exhibition...
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12-06-2009, 16:23
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Re: [Merged] Is it Art?
I don't like Banksy's M.O. but some of his pieces are clever and impressive. I like the women working in the field, Picasso, gift shop ones. The others are good but not super original or clever.
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04-07-2009, 22:29
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24-08-2009, 21:56
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Re: [Merged] Is it Art?
I thought I'd share this..
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesi...t-art-painting
It's this comment made in response to the really dreary article that made me laugh.
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Why does mention of portraiture make me snort with derision?
Because you're a stupid git? An intellectual fraud? An eyeless buffoon, parading around in your ignorance like it was a frilly coat? Take your pick, ya boob. Sorry to burst your ridiculous bubble, but "contemporary art" is whatever the hell contemporary artists choose to make. The Artist leads, the (in this case ignorant) critic follows (or doesn't, as the case may be).
What a ******!
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Bravo.. 
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05-09-2009, 11:21
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Re: [Merged] Is it Art?
is art not anything that has been designed with intent? be it functional or purely for aesthetic purpose. a toilet is as much a piece of art as a Van Gogh, isn't it? their roles may be different to us, but their conceptions and creations followed the same process... conceptualise, design/draft, create.
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05-09-2009, 14:26
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Re: [Merged] Is it Art?
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is art not anything that has been designed with intent? ....
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What about a sunset? Or a tree swaying in the wind? Or the sound of waves on the beach? Do they only qualify as art when they have been captured on canvas/video/mp3?
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05-09-2009, 14:47
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Re: [Merged] Is it Art?
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What about a sunset? Or a tree swaying in the wind? Or the sound of waves on the beach? Do they only qualify as art when they have been captured on canvas/video/mp3?
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i would say yes to that. Although aesthetically pleasing in reality, these things are not so much 'designed' as are just functions of physics. I would argue that the Sun can be called art in the fact that nature designed it, or that the tree was art for the same reason, but the act of the sun setting or the tree swaying without a conscious attempt to record the event , I would say no, not art.
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05-09-2009, 15:16
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Re: [Merged] Is it Art?
The thing is ART is subjective and what one person regards as art another will not.Neither stance is wrong but it's the refusal to acknowledge the other's viewpoint that causes all the fuss.We are all individuals,why the hell should we all like the same things?
It's the same with music,films and writing.
Really all this hand wringing because someone loves grunge over dance music,another prefers the Pre-Raphaelites instead of Damien Hirst,Tolstoy to Harry Potter is plainly ridiculous.
I'm not a Hirst or Ennim fan but I'm not going to attack someone who thinks they are the bees knees..provided they lay off my fondness for the art of Monet or Laurence Alma Tadema of course. 
Actually the people I think who need a good kicking are the 'critics' who set us at odds over art,drama,theatre,novels,poetry etc.
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05-09-2009, 15:20
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Re: [Merged] Is it Art?
this is why I like to put a definition to art, albeit my own definition - but it means I have set a rule to follow. I might think something is crap (like most installation art for example! a running tap apparently signifying our wasteful society to me is less art, more pretentious, self-absorbed, attention seeking pish), but it is still art by definition. I'd like to think of the tap itself being more the artful piece in something like that rather than the ideology behind its use in the project.
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10-09-2009, 13:30
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Re: [Merged] Is it Art?
Viral sculptures
What do you think?
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