On 8/22/07, Doug Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > graywolf wrote: > > [...] Personally I believe the intent of the artist, good or > > bad is what makes something art. [...] > > My perspective is that the intent of the artist is what makes it art (or > not) /to the artist/. And what I get from it is what makes it art (or > not) /to me/. Technically, I guess that's a "viewer" centered appraisal. > > Just because the artist says it's art doesn't mean it's art /to me/. > And just because I think it's art doesn't mean the person who created it > had any artistic intention. With apologies to Freud, maybe it was just > a cigar. :-)
Bingo!! You said what I was trying to say much more concisely and precisely... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
