No art program; school, museum, or other wise would teach such a limited scope of what art is. Not liking it doesn't make it not art. Bad art doesn't make it not art.
On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Dan Mitchell <danmdan3842@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I did "brush up" on Marcel - but, as expected, it is not ever my concept of "art" - as I suspect you knew already. Art to me is firmly in the Turner, Constable, Rembrandt, et al. area., although even I admit to some liking in some of Hockney.
On 31 Jul 2014, at 04:01, List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> From: Randy Little <randyslittle@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: PHOTOFORUM digest 6574/Art ?
> Date: 30 July 2014 22:11:32 BST
> To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> ***** Dan you might want to brush up on Duchamp.
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> On Jul 30, 2014 4:44 PM, "Dan Mitchell" <danmdan3842@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Are these examples supposed to be "art" ? Most seem nearer the Emperors New Clothes - only the final item comes near my definition of something "artistic" - but them I'm told even an unmade bed is ART - gosh !
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> > Faith and the Devil (2011-2012) by Lesley Dill. <http://tinyurl.com/nyuuoty>
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> > Kin IX (To Make Your False Heart True) by Whitfield Lovell (2008). <http://tinyurl.com/puzt2x2>
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> > Untitled (2014) by Tara Donovan. <http://tinyurl.com/ppft6sa>
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> > Light painting by Stephen Knapp. <http://tinyurl.com/oyqrc97>
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