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Old 08-28-2008, 07:05 AM   #12 (permalink)
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i dont think art is subjective: art is what a producer says is art.
the word is basically a condensed set of instructions--what it defines is the parameters of the situation.
whether you choose to enter into the game implied by these instructions is your choice---but you don't get to decide what is and is not "art" unless you are the one making the situation.

the question of whether you like something is separate---and for you as a consumer (presumably) "i don't like it" and "that's not art" can mean the same thing---but that only obtains for yourself, and says nothing about the situation beyond stipulating something of your relation to it and to other such situations.

btw: situation not objects. an object is a situation, in other words. a painting is not "art" simply because it exists. it is a situation.
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