tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898578682144841005.post2012723433129564271..comments2023-06-13T13:58:29.132+01:00Comments on RT: Re-presenting Art - Measuring: OriginalityRachel Eliza Guthriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17637358302724090358noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898578682144841005.post-19739495170593895082009-09-27T15:52:43.769+01:002009-09-27T15:52:43.769+01:00I like your thought about art and consumer goods n...I like your thought about art and consumer goods not being exclusive, though I naturally think of them as very separate, which doesn't make it right, but it does make me consider why.<br /><br />I would say music is part of the arts like theatre and literature but a song it not 'art' itself. I believe 'art' needs to be primarily visual. <br /><br />In trying to ascertain what art is I am selecting examples, which without being provoked by this discussion, the average Joe would not consider to be art, for example the H&M cardigan. I've not quite decided if this is a fair way to judge but: if I were to give a range of items to a five year old child including this cardigan and questioned them which are art, they would not identify the cardigan as such. The process I'm taking therefore is beginning at a non-philosophical, almost naive or childlike viewpoint and working out the logic/philosophy/psychology behind the assumption I, and I believe others make about art...Rachel Eliza Guthriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17637358302724090358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2898578682144841005.post-31288916030207928702009-09-24T21:33:44.516+01:002009-09-24T21:33:44.516+01:00I'm not sure that the fact that something is m...I'm not sure that the fact that something is mass produced disqualifies it from being called art. We consider films to be art, yet they are necessarily mass produced when they are put onto DVDs, and indeed onto cinema reels. Novels are mass produced when they are printed. So why is an H&M cardigan not art? I guess you could say that it is a poor imitation of something that someone else has designed, however this is not always the case. The difference is that first and foremost an H&M cardigans are classified as a 'consumer goods' rather than art. Is a Jack Johnson song a work of art? Most people would probably say yes, but it is as much a consumer product as an H&M t-shirt. Maybe the two are not mutually exclusive and it is possible for something to be both art and a consumer product. A lot of creativity lies behind advertising, but I'm not sure that creativity alone is a qualifier. Or is the business world able to produce art, even when it's primary purpose is not to 'be' art?Chris Langhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16364420551936553793noreply@blogger.com