On 3/21/07, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Doesn't matter. You made me look at the page and I spotted a link > labelled "What is Art?" which seems to hold the promise of answering a > question which has troubled better brains than mine for centuries. > > Sure enough, Ken tells us. http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/art.htm > > There's even a test at the end. > > That means I can throw some of my books away and make a bit of space > on my floor. The universities can close their art history departments > and use the money for something useful which advances our culture, > like management studies or social sciences. > > The test is great actually, and shows that Ken has a sense of humour. > Skip his pages, and go straight to the test: > http://www.modestypanel.com/artorcrap/# > > I got 12/16, which was a bit disappointing, but I didn't understand > that some of it was not art, and the pisspot suckered me.
My problem with art, is that seeing it on a page doesn't tell me if it's art. If it's in (for instance) an art gallery, I know it's art. Unless maybe it's just the furniture. Okay, I have to admit once I went into a washroom and got confused - thought it was a Dada gallery or something. I spent 1/2 an hour watching the performace artists, until I realized they were just pissing... I took Ken's test, guessed that everything was art, and scored 50%. I know I've resisted being called an artist in the past, and reading Ken's little thesis only confirms that I'm on the right track... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
