(January 5, 2015 at 3:14 pm)Faith No More Wrote:(January 5, 2015 at 2:56 pm)abaris Wrote: Yet there is no objective standard. There isn't a checklist to say this or that artist is better than another one. To illustrate this, here's the story of painter Pierre Brassau.
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Well, there can never be an objective standard. I agree that much of what is defined as art is largely subjective. What I'm saying, however, is that one person's subjectivity can have a more solid justification, which comes from an understanding of the artistic medium.
And when checking off the technical boxes which determines that a piece is labeled art bogs the piece down and detracts from the message? Technical superiority doesn't translate into art any more than solid construction translates into beautiful architecture. It may be necessary for art, but it certainly isn't sufficient.
