[TheForge] Definition of Art Was: new anvils ring

Fri Aug 30 11:11:01 2002

Well said George.  A corollary is:  'Nothing brings on rampaging =
pretense like art.'

David Hufford
Richmond KY

-----Original Message-----
From: George Dixon [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 9:27 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [TheForge] new anvils ring

T'was said......

"To me it means that its "art" because it is stimulating people to talk =
about
it."

Ah, the political definition of "art".=20

If it has an explanation with it then it did not work, so it must be =
art......
It has been interesting to watch how art has devolved from the capable =
creation of an idea, to the current art de jour in which the 'idea' =
matters more than the execution.  Too bad that mastering a discipline or =
a medium matters less than what the work "says" or is said about =
it......