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Originally Posted by fotze
I actually like the shock artists and the more interesting art more than bronze broncos and paintings of landscapes. But that being said I think with scarce resources (cash) the citizens of the country have to draw up a priority of X "things" to spend that money on and allocate a percent to those things. What the resulting priorities and their average allocation works out to be is what the gov't should spend money on. My questionaiire would unfortunately have arts on the lower end of the priority list. I have a basic budgeting outlook. You spend your money on the things you feel are the most important.
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Dude, I totally agree. I like the weirder stuff too. My point is though, that true art is a social responsibilty, not a government one. Granting agencies have their own biases and I think art should be free of that. It's supposed to be spontaneous and daring, not based on whether you can get the appropriate funds.