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12/01/2012 04:48:48 AM · #1 |
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12/01/2012 04:51:34 AM · #2 |
Is this art?
//500px.com/photo/19456527
I absolutely love this. The combination of realism, surrealism and humour is at its best for me. But is this art?
Message edited by author 2012-12-01 04:53:28. |
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12/01/2012 09:01:19 AM · #3 |
| Both are required. Im halfway there. |
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12/01/2012 09:04:57 AM · #4 |
| I think it is art. I can see why you like it. It is very beautiful. |
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12/01/2012 09:49:53 AM · #5 |
Every time I hear this question asked, I think back to this scene in the movie "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" where Michael Caine is explaining to Steve Martin how to be a con man.....
Michael Caine, as Lawrence Jamison, con artist extraordinaire...
"As a younger man, I was a sculptor, a painter, and a musician. There was just one problem: I wasn't very good. As a matter of fact, I was dreadful. I finally came to the frustrating conclusion that I had taste and style, but not talent."
There's no way to fake talent. If you have none, you'll never be an artist. The trouble is, for some of us, a little talent is almost more of a curse than none at all. I know I have "An Eye" and that allows me the vision to see things oft unappreciated by others, but I also have enough experience out & about, plus exposure to know I'll never be a great photographer.
So.....am I sort of an artist??? Perhaps, but it's relative, I guess. Is it enough to have people who don't know anything about what and how you create your work go, "Wow!", or is there some sort of bar you must rise above?
I know I can improve my skills, but nothing will change the amount of talent I have, right? So how much talent is needed to wear the badge of "Artist"?
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12/01/2012 11:45:02 AM · #6 |
Do not try and create art. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth.
What truth?
There is no art.
There is no art?
Then you'll see, that it is not the art that exists, it is only yourself.
Or something like that... |
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12/01/2012 11:51:19 AM · #7 |
| Truth has nothing to do with it, nor does talent. It's the critics/jurors/tastemakers that decide if it is or not...and marketing. |
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12/01/2012 12:05:38 PM · #8 |
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12/01/2012 12:12:35 PM · #9 |
I definitely think this is art! I also believe that in order to be an artist one has to be able to transfer thoughts and emotions onto a canvas or for a photographer into the camera without having to explain yourself and evoke the same in the viewer. If there is a lack thereof the "art work" appears to be flat, meaningless. Some can be quite gifted in technique but are unable to evoke said emotions.
Originally posted by MNet:
Is this art?
//500px.com/photo/19456527
I absolutely love this. The combination of realism, surrealism and humour is at its best for me. But is this art? |
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12/01/2012 12:54:06 PM · #10 |
I'm not an artist. I'm an imitative hack who just does what appeals to me. I wanted to be a hipster, I do have some film cameras and am building a fixie. But I'm too old and not nearly cool enough.
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12/01/2012 12:55:19 PM · #11 |
| "Is it art?" is one of those chicken-and-egg questions, most effectively answered by "you know it when you see it". It is also totally subjective, so it may be art to one person and garbage to another. Being an "artist" is equally subjective, as everyone can produce something that someone will consider art. I think you can make an "art" out of just about anything. Does that make napkin-folders artists? |
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12/01/2012 01:02:30 PM · #12 |
| Art is like golf or the guitar. Anyone can do it. It is just amazingly difficult to do it extremely well. |
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