I heard about Dada a long time ago, and forgot about it until now. Thanks for resurfacing this memory for me.
And yea, I can see your point. People do generally try and make a piece of art for a purpose, and generally this purpose falls into a category that most of us here can determine to be art.
I heard about Dada a long time ago, and forgot about it until now. Thanks for resurfacing this memory for me.
And yea, I can see your point. People do generally try and make a piece of art for a purpose, and *generally* this purpose falls into a category that most of us here can determine to be art.
I'm gonna play devils advocate here for a moment, even though I hate the modern art movement with a passion. I think art is anything that is specific enough to be unmistakeable, or vague enough that it becomes a sort of Rorschach test. If your art is so vague that anyone can find meaning in it, isn't that sort of beautiful in itself?
There's actually an artistic movement for that called Dada. Including such master works as Duchamp Fountaine, 4'33", and L.H.O.O.Q