I made a comment earlier about galleries and art. It set me to thinking this evening. The weed Bob sold me probably helped...
So, bananas taped to walls...
I spoke earlier about Gallery Speak. Gallery Speak is that nonsense gibberish you associate w Art. Its bullshit. But its how an Artist is expected to present themselves and thier Art within the gallery world. But I dont want to talk about that. Its the piece of the Art business I despise. But it exists and whats a man to do about it?
Theres another thing. Called Studio Speak. Studio Speak is actual Art. Studio Speak is where Artists talk to other Artists. About all things Art. It might be how a drawing or painting is made. The vehicles and media, brushes. Sculptural techniques.The actual physical 'stuff'.
And ideas.
Ideas themselves are Art.
Cubism is an idea. Surrealism is an idea.
Once youve entered the world of Art, you...absolutley Must reject rules. If youre imposing a rule youre limiting your vocabulary. Its like telling a commedian theres a joke he Cant tell.
And this is why, as much as you may hate it. A banana duct taped to a wall, is in fact Art.
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[–] MrPim [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Im not denying that happens. Like I said, the business of art is jewed as fuck. That is not what Im talking about.
I know its going to be an unpopular opinion around here. But to an Artist the entire thing is hilarious. From a purely Art POV There isnt any good reason a piece of fruit cant be media or the entire piece.
You as the viewer must decide if its a good piece of Art, the same as youve always had to do.
[–] Hyst ago
To be honest, you don't speak for all artists, right?
For me personally, reality isn't art. Art is how an individual effects reality. For me, a piece of fruit is a piece of fruit. Duct taping it to a wall doesn't make it art. You didn't effect anything. You didn't change anything.
And it's not just the business of art that is Jewed. Are you familiar with how the CIA has influenced the art world?
The problem is that yes the viewer decides if it's a good piece of art. However just because someone thinks it's art doesn't make it art. I mean at that point the word Art loses it's meaning. If anyone can call anything Art, then Art ceases to be Art. There shouldn't even be a word for it, because it can be literally anything.
But yeah, scultping something. Drawing something. Painting something. Singing or playing an instrument. You're creating something. You're taking your unique perspective as an individual and using it to breath life into something, a blank canvas, a record, whatever it is. Taping a Banana to a wall? That's not art. It just isn't. There's a line that has to be drawn, otherwise I genuinely believe that calling a Banana taped to a wall art takes away from actual artwork. It's like anti-artwork.