looksgood opened this issue on Jul 25, 2003 ยท 57 posts
SamTherapy posted Fri, 25 July 2003 at 7:44 AM
Roll a couple of thoughts around in your head... 1 - What is the function of art? 2 - Does "art" really exist? My own answers are: 1 - Communication of ideas. That means any ideas, no matter how crude, simplistic, complex or outrageous. From the first day Uggo decided to scrawl on his cave wall with a burnt stick to the present day, we have been driven to represent our thoughts in non-verbal ways. It's part of human desire to get the pictures out of our head and into some other form. 2 - No. At least, not by the current definition, which is elitist and restrictive. People love labels, so they like to categorise and subdivide something that was once straightforward. So now we have "Great Art", "Outsider Art", "NVIT" and so forth. Maybe, just maybe, the people who turn out NVIT pics etc have a better handle on their reality than the rest of us. After all, what could be more straightforward than a direct expression of "Hey, I just love naked women"? It may not be particularly original, but it sure is true to human nature, as stated by TH and steveshanks.
Coppula eam se non posit acceptera jocularum.