Thinking about the play we saw...
Feb. 2nd, 2004 08:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
madbakerDisclaimer: the positions mentioned here are not necessarily those held by me or my art-school-attending wife.
Point: Art must be judged within its own context.
Counter-point: Just because it's "art" doesn't mean it's not crap.
Discuss.
Point: Art must be judged within its own context.
Counter-point: Just because it's "art" doesn't mean it's not crap.
Discuss.
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Date: 2004-02-02 05:46 pm (UTC)These aren't.
You can judge crappy art for what it is 'within its own context.'
But what do *I* know -- *I* liked Ishtar.
Current Music: Rogers & Clarke -- Dangerous Business
Mutually antagonistic positions
Date: 2004-02-02 07:18 pm (UTC)"Art can only be judged within its own context. Comparing it to other works is irrelevant to the value of the piece."
"Psycho-babble. Everyone can make a good/bad value judgment."
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Date: 2004-02-02 08:35 pm (UTC)Is this axiomatic in this exercise? If so, that's your problem; the axiom is not true; basing any conclusions on it will not advance the argument.
Okay, fine.
Date: 2004-02-02 08:56 pm (UTC)(BTW, this isn't meant as a grump.)
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Date: 2004-02-02 09:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-02-03 05:52 pm (UTC)