Tuesday, February 12, 2008

who gets to decide?

When Picasso was asked the question, "what is art?" he simply replied, "what is not?" There is no definition for art. I believe art is purely objective. If at that time, a man made object is invoking feelings in the observer, for that person, that is probably art. Art is way too diverse by nature to admit to the unification of a single definition. Art is as difficult to define as it is to evaluate. This is mainly because each individual artist chooses the rules and parameters that guide their work. it can still be said that art is the product of choosing a medium to express one self, a set of rules for that one medium, and a set of values that determines what needs to be expressed. of course art is completely objective. we like certain art for objective reasons. reasons we study in books, see on tv and are taught through cultural bias.

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