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Originally Posted by Five-hole
Just because somebody painted it doesn't mean it's art.
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True… but it sure as hell ain't interior decorating.
We need to get away from the idea that the word ‘art’ is somehow a guarantee of quality, and get back to the recognition that there is good and bad in art; that it can be skilfully done or poorly; that it can be well conceived or trite; that it can convey a striking idea or emotion, or a dull and banal one. The portrait of McDavid is poorly done, trite, dull, and banal, but there is nothing in principle to distinguish it
in kind from good portraiture. It is merely a low and kitschy abuse of what is inherently an artistic medium.