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Originally Posted by Mikhayl

I think art is about the artist, not about the viewer, it's a form of expression. I'm always wary of people saying "art should be this and not that".

me too. Better to risk having museums and galleries and radio stations filled with stuff we personally don't like than to have some 'higher authority' dictate what is 'good' and what is 'bad' for all of us.

Authoritarian art is almost a contradiction of terms.
All the great periods of art are periods in which artists found new freedoms of expression.

:roll:
Was it Gov't subsidised? My tax dollars better not have paid for it.:x

It's easy to defend, since cruxifiction was a common punishment in Roman provinces at the time of Jesus Christ walking upon the Earth. (A long time before that too actually). But ofcourse, it's a tame argument.

Try getting away with that using a Muslim reference and you will have the ACLU and CAIR on your butt. Not to mention a future beheading televised on Al Jazeera television.:down:

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Originally Posted by UnderseaLcpl

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Originally Posted by Mikhayl

Please someone define "bad art" and "good art" for me :know:

If it needs an explanation it's bad art.

One of my pet peeves is when artists have to explain their work before it makes any kind of sense. Most modern art falls into this category.
Seriously, a circle on an otherwise blank canvas is just a circle, not art.
A canvas that is just randomly spattered with paint is not art, it's just a mess.

Am I a phillistine? Some would say so, but I think art should invoke an emotional response in the viewer( not disgust or bewilderment) , or should strike them as beautiful.

I always get the image that modern artists are like 3 year olds, running up to the public, holding up their latest drawing and saying "Look what I did!"

"That's nice.....it's a....a...."

"It's a house! Can't you tell?"

Pretty much sums my wiews also.
Someone used blenders in Finland also, they were filled with urine, feces, blood and sperm, they werent completely sealed so some flew on the visitors. People that do this kind of "art" should seek professional help, there has to be underlying mental issues. "Intelligent" people should wonder why they are so far from the norm, is it because they are superior to the masses, or maybe its themself with some trauma.