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"Art is creating something out of nothing and shaping something into something else"

Throughout the centuries people have debated and discussed the meaning of various art forms and styles and what type of art deserves the title "art" to begin with.

The truth is that everything that was ever created no matter by who or what deserves to be called "art". Art is creation. Creation is art.

I remember that at university the guys that could talk about their works of art in the most articulate and intelligent manner got the best marks for their creations.
That implies that only intent breathes life into a creation.
If one takes this further, one can say that it is not a matter of intent, but a matter of interpretation. This applies at least to academic art.
Of course it does seem a rather subjective business and sometimes if I ask people coming from other fields of occupation what they think of certain art works they either say "I like it" or " I think it's ghastly" etc. and then they add with a shoulder shrug " but I'm not an expert or an art connoisseur anyway".
That makes me wonder if there is an unwritten law that commands people to have a diploma in fine arts before they are allowed to make a legitimate statement of their own opinion or perception.
And will a "Monet" or a "Turner" or a "Michelangelo" be less perfect if there are critics who rip their creations apart or if there are people who haven't studied arts and can't talk about them in an educated way but "purely" admire their art?

Some say that the more room for interpretation there is, the greater the piece of art- alluding to abstract art being the most sophisticated and demanding in comparison.
But who says that i.e. abstract painting necessarily leaves more room for interpretation than other techniques? Van Gogh's "Night café" for example is very concrete, yet, it leaves lots of room for interpretation and imagination.

Things are never just what they appear to be.

Is it possible that art only deserves to be called art as soon as it enters an art- gallery? Or as soon as it's created by a famous artist?
That certainly plays a significant role at least in the sector of public opinion and marketing. General recognition seems to enhance the value of a certain art phenomenon or artist.

What is art? When is art art? And which art is "better" than the other? .Questions that will never be fully answered and that will always be discussed and argued about.

Why is it that a painting gorilla earns a lot of cash for his pictures and some of his human colleagues who have studied painting for years go with empty pockets?

How come that a famous British artist gets headlines and cash for fasting publicly in a glass container while others die from hunger and nobody even heard of them? What makes the fasting of the one "arty" and the dieing from hunger of the other "mundane"? Is it because the one calls himself "artist"? If so, is then everything that he does "art"?

Art cannot be defined.
It is like a fish that slips out of your hands back into the water just as you thought you caught it.

Still- a rainbow is a perfect piece of art in the most perfect colours, shape and form. So is a drop of water or a pebble.
and a pebble is never quite the same when it was touched by the Master.

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