Posted: Jul 02, 2014 4:52 am
by Nicko
jamest wrote:
Goldenmane wrote:
Nicko wrote:
OlivierK wrote:Sure, it's art. I don't think any of the facebook comments comment on its artistic value, though. (I'm not surprised, because there's not a hell of a lot of art beyond the text there.)


Again, the artwork that Banksy has created consists of reposting an image of some graffiti on his facebook page, thus generating controversy. The shitfight is part of the artwork. This exchange that we are having right now is part of the artwork.


Exactly.

That's bollocks, since it essentially equates anything which has caused heated discussion to be art. That would include science and maths. In other words, it would include everything. And at that juncture, the meaning of art becomes lost and art becomes obsolete as a meaningful concept.


True enough. Your point?