Jim, No, decoration is only decoration. Context transforms - a found object placed on the mantle becomes something else but simply liking the way it looks doesn't make it art. The "gain" art provides is that it changes not just pleases. It is more than re-affirmation of pre-existing beliefs too. Decoration is more of an acknowledgment of taste or beliefs. AZ Build a Lookaround! The Lookaround Book, 2nd ed. NOW SHIPPING http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [SPAM] RE: [SPAM] Re: [SPAM] can there be art photography > From: "Jim Davis Nature Photography" <JBDavis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sat, March 27, 2004 4:38 pm > To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > lookaround360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote/replied to: > > >Then context is important. One of the best qualities of art I know of > is that one gains in some way by > >experiencing it. A common snapshot presented as art is art providing > that there is some gain to experiencing it > >in its new context. > > Yes, if someone thinks something is art, then therefore it is art. > It's kind of the definition really. Something we like to look at, > something we put on the wall or on a pedestal, or use to decorate our > cave is art. But real artists don't call themselves artists :-) > > -- > Jim Davis > Nature Photography > http://jimdavis.oberro.com > Replies in plain text only please!
