Posted: Jul 02, 2014 5:37 am
Nicko wrote:Thommo wrote:Stretching the definition of argument there somewhat, aren't you? Also why does someone need to refute Duchamp's statement of opinion? Things don't stand until refuted just because someone says them, even if they are said in clever or original ways.
Well, to be accurate, the argument was not just his "sculpture".
Duchamp submitted Fountain to an open exhibition and had it rejected as "not art" by a bunch of people who - like some in this thread - found themselves completely unable to justify their position.
Let's keep it straight, you support Duchamp's view that anything done by an artist is art, correct? That is completely fine. That's an opinion and you are free to it, that does not automatically disqualify differing opinions.
If you want to go further and present it as an "argument" and having some basis in fact rather than opinion then the burden of proof, as I'm sure you're aware, is on the claimant, not the disputant.