Amusement Park In An Art Gallery? Well, Not Exactly...

Saw this in the local newspaper this morning while eating my breakfast. Kind of interesting.

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/10/25/2011-10-25_nyc_museum_exhibit_artworks_at_experience_features_sensory_deprivation_tank_twos.html

I am not sure how any of that is art.

It's subjective, I suppose. That's the beauty of art. Though you or I may not find something like this to be art, someone else most definitely does.

To me, for something to be art, it has to be something that requires talent, and I couldnt just do it myself..... Jackson Pollack? Thats' not art, that's a painters drop cloth after several months use.

billb7581 said:
To me, for something to be art, it has to be something that requires talent, and I couldnt just do it myself..... Jackson Pollack? Thats' not art, that's a painters drop cloth after several months use.

Spelling a pretty well known person's name correctly can be art.

I like Pollock's art because it is art that is about how art is done. It's all about perspective and, as Raven-Phile said, is subjective.

I believe that roller coasters are a sculptural art form we can ride, but does that belong in a gallery such as this?

To me, this is way to minimalist to be an acclaimed art collection.

Wow. A Jackson Pollock fan calling someone else's art minimalist. That's sort of like the pot calling the kettle minimalist. Or something like that. ;)

Minimalist kettle? You're a pot.

How far do you go before minimalism becomes nothing? I could say that the next line is art.

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Does that make it so?

Raven-Phile said:
It's subjective, I suppose. That's the beauty of art. Though you or I may not find something like this to be art, someone else most definitely does.

And that's the beauty part of being an artist. If people don't like what you do, you can just roll your eyes, sniff, and call them ignorant heathens who just "don't get it."

Did you just call me an ignorant heathen? I'm touched. :)

a_hoffman50 said:
I could say that the next line is art.

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Does that make it so?

Yes, it does.

Now the more important question is what you expect to achieve with your art. Make money? Get notoriety? Change perspectives? Just have people tell you it's nice? Just a creative outlet?

Can you achieve your goal with your art? That's the real point.

Well I don't know about you, but I for one want to buy Hoffman's period and hang it above my sofa. It matches my drapes nicely.

Love Calvin and Hobbes' take on art in general, but this strip in particular:

http://cdn.svcs.c2.uclick.com/c2/24e0b604250c102d94d7001438c0f03b

I still miss Calvin and Hobbes. *sigh* Now there was real art.

So do I. Best comic strip ever. Watterson was brilliant.

And interestingly enough, it was the very commodification of art in general and comics in particular that drove Watterson mad and probably had a lot to do with him ending the strip.

If that's what made him stop, then I'm to blame. 'Cause I always ready Calvin on the commode...