Paging Ivan Reid

But it's wasted thought; it's achieved nothing, merely reinforced my
preconceptions.

Can I give Tracey Emin a good kicking, and call it a performance
artwork?

 

Oh the irony. Since overcoming preconceptions is exactly what is one of
art's major goals.

 

Darren Robinson wrote in

Not at all. You are engaging in a debate which, as said in other posts,
is another function of art.

Yes, and I'll cheer you on as she, as a person not an artist, annoys me
too.

No. It's called ABH.

 

What have you done with the real Porl?

Say something funny.

 

Can I take some grainy black and white photos of the proceedings and
call it art?

It almost sounds ethical, and may just be the break I need to clear my
debts and live an easy life from here on in.

 

You obviously haven't been reading the thread, I've contributed what I think
is a well worded opinion on the subject. As I try to do on a number of
subjects over the years. I imagine people just assume it's too long and
boring to read and don't bother.

Last time I tried that you bit me. I don't think I'll bother.

 

I have been reading the thread, I particularly liked a phrase you used
something like you "painted and sculpted using the PC and then breathed
life into it using animation" 'cept you said it in context and nicer.

What's a little bite? Anyhow, that was last week or the week before and
I'm bored now.

 

I like the cut of your jib. This could be a plan.

 

Me too.

 

See, you *do* get art after all. Now you should feel dirty and used.

 

*sniff*

well that's me told.

 

# When logic and proportion
# Have fallen sloppy dead

 

And the White Knight's talking backwards...

 

but what is the point of making something that looks like a photograph?
this may have been desirable in the days before cameras, but no longer.
even then, it wasn't art - it was technical drawing. the point of art is
to notice something that others haven't, and to show it to the rest of
us in ways that affect our emotions or make us think.

(and i'm not saying photography isn't also a medium for art.)

 

Much the same was said about Monet's work in the 1870s

 

What's the point, though? Why not simply take a photograph?

Technical skill and artistic ability aren't necessarily related.

 

I was more interested in the financial aspect. Money is everything.

 

Hmmm, I believe you may have a point, sir.

However, the pleasure that one may gain from creating a culinary
masterpiece from such seemingly offensive ingredients must surely be
priceless.

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I'm willing to wager a kilo of gold that you can buy a better curry
with a kilo of gold than you can make with a kilo of dead dogs...

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Is it, though?