Gallery removes naked nymphs painting to 'prompt conversation'

[vinteuil]

... I find him admirable and charming.

... who - Simeon Stylites or Edwd: Gibbon?


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[greenilex]

What if I say I really prefer anything which is not art?

[vinteuil]

What if I say I really prefer anything which is not art?

... that, of course, will be an artistic judgment. So therefore that which you 'prefer' may be deemed to be the 'art' which you prefer.


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[jean]

...I'm sure they would have preferred to have got rid of the painting, given that even in the vaults it was still "there"...

Why are you 'sure'?

'They' never said any of that!

[MrGongGong]

Yes, and to be fair, you did say earlier, "of course, whether her work will be any good or not is another matter entirely", but it does seem a case of "If the artist says it's an artwork, it's an artwork." Apart from that declaration, how else would one ever know it was an artwork, and how does anyone judge whether, as an artwork, it's 'any good or not'?

What are the criteria?

I don't know
I don't even think there are any that can be named
BUT the reason for adding the "whether her work will be any good or not is another matter entirely"
was to seperate the act of making the work from the idea of "quality", "value" or other similar things

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"If the artist says it's an artwork, it's an artwork."

Yes, that seems fine to me, and a rather old idea.

Why do people feel the need to "judge" anyway?

[Lat-Literal]

... who - Simeon Stylites or Edwd: Gibbon?


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