What is to be considered art?

Here is question that I am curious of, of late. What can you turly consider art?
Nowadays we are in the era of modernism where are is represented with strange shapes or splatters of paint across the canvas. Is this art compared to what has been seen throughout history? Old art, as I will call it, which has have set forms, needed skills or deliberate paint strokes to create a masterpiece?

Would you consider stepping into a dark tent with glow in the dark paint splashed against the walls with strange music playing in the background art?

Almost anything can be considered art if you attach a meaning to it.

That just seems to broad a defination. Art like other things must have rules and struture or else it would be polluted, as it is now, with various, random objects of 'expression'.

A tent with bright stripes inside might be an expression, but it is not art. Maybe there should just be another caterogize to group these items as just 'expressions'.

In my mind when I think of art, I think of:

A construct, devised to affect a passive audience.

So if I punched you in the face, because I meant to do it, that's art?

It's poetry in motion

LMAO!!

You think of a naked baby surrounded by seemingly fashionable peasants?

The type of art, the baroque style .

Maybe not to you, because art is subjective.

I see that as too broad. You can get away with too much in the name of art. There has to be some lines and boundaries to tell what art is. Otherwise there need not be art; since the word is there to describe a form of something...art could just be nothing. These pieces that are crated could be nothing more than random acts of creativity.

No, that would be a doodle.

If art is subjective, then no we can't do that.

But we must if there is to be a definitive catergory to call art.

Or else the borders are free to anything, art and wannabe art.

I can't see that every piece of art, claiming to be art, can be so.

Is it me or is this thread getting a little pretentious? Anything is art. Seriously it's all in the individual's perspective. A rock is art.

Is it me or have you missed the last few posts while you were having fun with DC's doodle?

We just went over this...

"Watching seagulls butterting on some guy's car outside right now is art."

And watching the bird take a dump on Bush was one too...

I thought a bird did drop a load on his shoulder during his speech.

Bird on Bush....

That's art.

LOL...Aguaaqi just remember to leave him with your signature mark. 😉

Ah yes, this definition tells us that 'art' is a very broad term. We can talk all day about what is art and what isn't but it won't narrow down its true and broad definition.

There is a true defination, whether we like it or not. People just have to be willing that art is not as it would seem and not what they want it to be otherwise they would readily agree.

Are you just saying that if a piece has an implied or obvious metaphor of a sort, then it is art?

Hahahahah he's cleaning his windshield with a napkin.


LOL

I bet his sun sign was Aries. 🙂

Honestly, an aries probably wouldn't give a crap about a bird dropping stain... as much as a meticulous virgo.

Yes, but we can obviously see that he is not a Virgo who by now would be finish up cleaning with a spot of windex...

LOL this guy must be rich he just gave me 10 bucks.

Wow...

To me, being creative is an act of art, there are no ?original? ideas, but there can be ?unseen? or ?unheard? ideas somewhere?.. somehow..!

Waiting to be discovered or re-discovered.....!... The ideas?. we as human generously call it the dreams? perhaps...!

That happens a lot.

My mind is kicked around the gutter with this...

What's your magic word Aquaqui?

So, what I have is a safe gesture, which is actually just a simple crossing of the eyes.

Ah...makes sense. I believe.

*Holds up spit-soaked, and tooth-marked strip of duct tape*

I need to start using something they can't chew through. Ugh....

"..."

DK, you should use Branh as your model.

Sorry, the mention of Branh just halts the conversation.

Darn, I thought he would be here by now to add his piece, but seems he is working.

Can I get a one of your first works?

Just don't sputter...taint your paint with the white.

I'll sputter as much as I want.

Pricasso, artist with attitude.

CHOCOSMEARS!

I'm going to need volunteers to help me out.

Go ask your bird friends....>_>

Just promise to give them a car afterward.

And I'm 37.

Is that art?

Sure making to that age...there is an art to it.

as for modern art,that guy who put the goldfish in blenders,then gave the viewers/observers (i think) the opportunity to press the go switch —


That is disgusting and people call that 'art'? Sure the art of killing or exciting your fetish for dead fish in public.

They work more with theory, not really practice, although they understand it.

Critics are usually wrong, the professional ones.

Remember art is subjective, so the critic is neither right or wrong

Art is subject as are all things, but art itself is not subject to what can and what it cannot be!

Rawr

The only place were everyone is an expert critic is with the sport of diving, more so during the olymics.

🙂

failed Art students,or ones would couldn't take criticism of their own works,so therefore switched to the 'dark side'

And don't we know it....some pretty angry people took over countries just because they didn't get into art school...

Artists are crazy.

I knew it!

or pump strawberry scented gas.

10 galloons please, miss. Oh...my...you look like that girl from the application we rejected. Wow...strange meeting you here.

There sure it...as you throw a match on the car and see it in flames.

Harvard is overrated.

college in general is over-rated. on the educational scale.

although it definitely beats public eduaction, at least in NYS...with all the regents and curves

"MIAOW!!!!"

i'll kill you.

antipoopooflibbleflooble,


you suck.

Art truly is in the eye of the beholder; and is highly subjective from person to person, medium, to medium. To me, like a great novel, the best art is like a preserved timp-stamp of history. It tells a story, evokes an emotion, draws me in hypnotically. Says something to me personally. I prefer the traditional, classical masterpieces that were created with the blood, sweat and tears of age old artisans. Not just what they created, but the how, the where, and the why..'the inspiration behind it all. Far from lazy art; they took their time, painting and creating with their hearts alone; not for the lust or promise of money, power or status; as most did not realize their own priceless works, until they were long gone from the world; yet never to be forgotten.