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The ARTS

The ARTS. What constitutes art?. We have agreed . Intentions of the Artist Quality Spectator Response. 1: Intention of the Artist. Something is a work of ART if it is made by someone with the intention of evoking an aesthetic response in the audience!

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The ARTS

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  1. The ARTS What constitutes art?

  2. We have agreed • Intentions of the Artist • Quality • Spectator Response

  3. 1: Intention of the Artist • Something is a work of ART if it is made by someone with the intention of evoking an aesthetic response in the audience! • Ants design the face of OBAMA in the sand • IS this Art? • Something is not a work of ART if it is a result of random activity rather than conscious design.

  4. Tracey Emin: My BED: Is this ART? Back She got £150,000 for this!!!!!

  5. Is this Art? Natural V Controlled

  6. Quality

  7. 2 :Quality • The Intrinsic quality of the work • In general we feel that a work of ART should not be something that a person with no talent or training in the ARTS could have made? • Do you agree? • Now look at example on next page

  8. Dutch Example • Government setup Fund to buy Dutch ART • They bought up 8000 pieces of work for Dutch Artists • Can you see a problem with this? • 4 min’s to discuss • Result • 98% of it was rubbish! • They could not give it away for free. Dutch institutions refused to take the ART! It was so bad!!!

  9. Kitsch • German for knocking something off • Used in calendars, greeting cards, music in shopping malls • Is this Art

  10. Picasso Bull’s head

  11. Forgeries • Are they forged Art? • What about really good ones!!! • Han Van Meergeren Hoax • He painted some Vermeers in the 1930’s • Even after exposure some art critics continued to insist the painting were genuine! • 3 minute discussion

  12. Spectator Response

  13. 3: Spectator Response • Which spectators should Artist appeal to? • “I loved his earlier work” • General public V Artist like themselves • What is rubbish? • What is an Art expert? Bed

  14. Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon • 1907 • Met with shock and outrage • Now considered a masterpiece • Part of the canon

  15. Faking it example • Paul O'Hare was a decorator when he was asked to pose as an artist for C4's Faking It. He liked his new life so much he switched for real. • Is his work ART • He fooled the experts!

  16. What constitutes art? 1 : Intention of the Artist 2 : Quality 3 : Spectator Response

  17. Key words • Kitsch • Canon • Expert opinion • Forgeries

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