As my middle school self would tell you: artislife2me.
At least my cyberly-AIM-screen-name self would tell you that.
(And yes, I thought it was cool.)
So I decided what I think art really is (beyond the physical mediums it's condensed to).
My definition of art: art (n.): the process by which one discovers, collects, rearranges, and exchanges ideas. What's your definition of art?
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that first photograph is absolutely stunning
ReplyDeleteart is so hard to define. that's basically what went on during the early 1900s -- artists went on personal endeavors to figure out what art was, and tried to scrape at every corner of opportunity that could possibly be considered art. look at duchamp -- he turned a urinal upside down and called it art
personally, i think art requires direct creation from the artist, besides that, i don't know, i'm rambling on a stranger's blog and i'll stop now haha
i agree with you about the scrape-age for art in the 1990's. i also feel like malevich's "black square" could easily be placed with duchamp's fountain in the "is this art?" category, but he worked in the early 1900's.. i think there is something to say about art work that can be both beautiful in form and still represent a particular idea without explanation. thanks for your rambling! :)
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