> But artistically, you'd be hard pressed to find any value in this due to its only merit being "made in Windows 95 in 2013" or "made by a 7 year old" or whatever.
Erm..maybe. Is Erwin Wurm's art art? It is in galleries. It does have monetary value. But it is conceptual. It is basically says here put 15 sweaters on. Or stick your head into a hole in the wooden fence. Is that art? What if I stuck my head in a wooden fence would that be art. What if I told by Wurm to do it and someone took a photo or video of it? Is that art?
It is hard to defend the position of inherent objective artistic value. You are welcome to try it. Art to me has always been an extension of the artist, their life, story motivation and work. On its own it is just up to the art critics to tell us from their high places what is art and what isn't. And that seems to be pretty arbitrary to me so I don't buy that. But maybe you can humor us and give a set of criteria so we can better pick between genuine art and the fake art.
Erm..maybe. Is Erwin Wurm's art art? It is in galleries. It does have monetary value. But it is conceptual. It is basically says here put 15 sweaters on. Or stick your head into a hole in the wooden fence. Is that art? What if I stuck my head in a wooden fence would that be art. What if I told by Wurm to do it and someone took a photo or video of it? Is that art?
It is hard to defend the position of inherent objective artistic value. You are welcome to try it. Art to me has always been an extension of the artist, their life, story motivation and work. On its own it is just up to the art critics to tell us from their high places what is art and what isn't. And that seems to be pretty arbitrary to me so I don't buy that. But maybe you can humor us and give a set of criteria so we can better pick between genuine art and the fake art.