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Originally Posted by kisrael
I think one measure of art is its ability to get people thinking about art, and by that measure it succeeds. ~big snip
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Well, it does do that, kirk. But to the great unwashed (
holds up hand), people who think of "Art" as beautiful paintings, sculpture and
Katkeepers Enamels, much of the contemporary performance art, this one in particular, degrades and diminishes the term. It changes "art is a good thing" to "art is sometimes a good thing".
Sure, it's worth is in the eye of the beholder, but when a performance claiming to be art, causes people to question the value of art in general, it sure doesn't help the cause. That's particularly true when the funding is revealed to be NEA or from some source we support.
I suppose this would be the lunatic fringe of art, but it's always the lunatic fringe that get the press and does the most damage to the cause.
