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Originally posted by jaker
How is this art I asked myself? The man next to me grunted, "Best work here, enjoy it while it lasts." If this man, I thought, thinks this piece of blue canvas is the best work in the show, than I'm really missing something. Is this art to you? What is art to you? I enjoy Rothko's work, "absolute" art I guess you can call it, because the colors lead me to self-examination, like a poem, but this BLUE canvas really leaves me blank. Keep in mind when responding, the texture of the piece was, so, awww, flawless, and the blue, aww, so vibrant.
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It seems that this was the most thought-provoking piece there -- and while I don't think that art needs to be thought-provoking, the capacity for generating thoughts is certainly a sign of art.
Perhaps Yves Klein hoped that you would stop and think about the nature of art itself. If so, the artist succeeded.
I think one of the greatest pieces of art was when Picasso took bicycle handlebars and seat, put them together, and called it a bull's head.
I think that whether or not something is art is subjective -- but I personally consider anything art if its creator intended for it to be such. (This is sufficient but not necessary for something to be "art" to me)