KarenJ opened this issue on Sep 18, 2005 ยท 65 posts
slinger posted Sun, 18 September 2005 at 9:51 PM
Art is subjective...always has been, always will be. Personally speaking I haven't agreed with the choice of the Turner Prize committee once...but they get to choose who wins, not me. My personal opinion is worth squat to them, but it means something to me. Animals sliced in half and preserved in formaldehyde don't hold a candle to Bresson, or Hogarth, or even Geiger and Sorayama as far as I'm concerned, but that isn't the point. I've been included in the Staff Pics once, and images that I've made that I personally rate much higher haven't got a look in. Just because I like them doesn't mean they're better, they just appeal differently to someone at a given time. If we develop a set of rules for "what is art" then we've destroyed the essence of what art actually is. Just a 3:45 in the morning ramble by yours truly. ;)
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