Thinking about the play we saw...

[madbaker]

Disclaimer: 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.

Comments

No answers, just more questions.

[farmount.livejournal.com]

To quote caprine from way back in our college days:

"Art is whatever you can get away with."

I think that what people consider "art" to be a judgment, just as is "good" or "bad." Is a rose good or bad, or is it even considered "art" because it is formed by nature rather than by man? If it is useful, is it then no longer art? Is there no art in a beautifully carved table, or a gorgeous car? How are they different from the Mona Lisa, other than the obvious "one you eat off, one you drive, and one you hang on the wall?" If you hung the table off the wall, would it then become art?

Just my own comments...