“Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.”—Gilbert K. Chesterton
Art is art, and even when it’s not art, art seems to still be art in its blatant, contrary non-artfulness. Still, when you take a step out of your deconstructive/postmodern/simplymodern/hipster shoes (c’mon man, just for a second), you’ve gotta have an opinion on something that just doesn’t cut it as ART. I mean graffitti, okay, but elevator music? And what about velvet paintings, I mean, isn’t that just like, um, a souvenir?
Mistakes can even be art. The chicken wing was a mistake, and seriously, that is art, especially here in Buffalo. I just read a story on a boy, Kieron Williamson 7years old, who just sold his paintings for £17,000 ($25,000) in just 14minutes. He had bidders from all over the globe. His medium is watercolors, oils and pastels, inspired by the Norfolk landscape. Art is something that isn't meant to be judged by other people, it is, it's sold and critiqued, but Art is created for the artist that created it. In this sense, it doesn't matter what people mistake 'art' for. If I draw a line on a piece of paper with pen and call it art and truly believe it, then it is art. Art is personal, not public. Sure you show people your work, but it shouldn't effect your own view of your work.
There is no way to mistake anything for art, if it's created, and intended to be art, then it is.
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Posted by: Nate Elder | 01/30/2010 at 01:43 AM