FutureFantasyDesign opened this issue on Sep 10, 2011 · 342 posts
vintorix posted Sun, 18 September 2011 at 9:57 AM
Ok I take a stab at the difficult subject of what is art. Start with "anything can be art", Ok very well but still there are quality differences such as between a Mercedes Benz and a Volkswagen. Both are cars but, you get my drift? So what constitutes quality in art? We could have a bunch of experts vote but as you know, 10 000 "art experts" are educated and let loose in the world every year. They all have to make a living. So maybe it is better to try another way. I propose a simple formula, the best art is the one that last longer. Some say that a movie can be art. Ok but try to show a 30 year old movie to a young person. Or even 20 year or 10 year old. Obviously a movie is not of the same quality art as Michelangelo's David. And here we go. It has the drawback of that we don't know right away, we have to wait, but it is better than nothing.
Edit: And what happened to the bulk of all the "modernist art" that was so praised and lifted to the sky in the last 50 years after Picasso?
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