Art

[flashpig]

Is there a part of art, or at least the art community, that deems art only worthy if it is exclusive in some way. Either by being ugly or highly incrypted, requiring some kind of translation or interpretation?

I saw some South Bank Show with Jack Vettriano on it where he was talking about being sneered at because he wsn't deemed to be art.

Does art have to be exclusive?

[LeMarchand]

This applies to most artistic mediums (film, TV, theatre) and in fact many other fields (wine, whiskey, food etc). To be considered ART (or of good quality) by the critics and those allegedly "in the know", it does have to have that cachet of exclusitivity (sp?). Once the hoi-polloi discover it, then it's just so common, dahling!

[alankinguk]

As a digital artist (or Massurrealist as we have been labelled) I have come across a great deal of snobbery in the Art world.  Just because you do something in a different medium or a different way your work is often sneered at, and galleries will not exhibit your work. In my early days I marketed myself heavily on the "paintbrushes are not compulsory, your imagination is" tack.  Whatever you do, find your own style and stick to it, I know Jack Vettriano does. Take a peek at www.kingart.co.uk - is it Art? you tell me!

[Peter Pedant]

oh flashie you dont UNDERSTAND what art is about !

 

of course art has to be interpreted - by arteests, of course

PP

[lilyfrog]

Bear in mind that to be a great artist you have to misunderstood in your own life time. The Salon in Paris refused to exhibit the work of the Impressionists during their heyday as it was seen as ugly and no-one got it and we all know about Van Gough never selling a painting.

[jno]

oooh PP wot a clanger!  Art is to be interpreted by critics.

They do seem to hate Vettriano, don't they? In fairness, they may be right. I like the images he produces but I've never seen an actual painting - the galleries won't touch them. They may be terrible, close up. But I can't get excited about whether he copied his figures from a book - so what? He's self-taught and that is how people teach themselves. (Of course, part of the establishment that reviles him is the art schools, who would be out of work if everyone taught themselves.)