[Dixielandjazz] Some questions on defining "Art"

[Mike Durham]

How much you want for that artwork, Bill? I have a gallery in London might 
be interested....

Mike



>From: "Bill Gunter" <jazzboard at hotmail.com>
>To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
>Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Some questions on defining "Art"
>Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 23:47:40 +0000
>
>Cees writes:
>
>>   There is no art.
>
>Well, there certainly seems to be considerable agreement among people that 
>there is!
>
>>   There are people who declare something is art.
>
>Does that make something "art?" or is crap that has been declared "art" 
>still crap?
>
>>   Then there is art.
>
>I can't agree that someone simply declaring something to be "art" 
>automatically confers this special status on it.
>
>I just trimmed my fingernails. I took my right thumbnail clipping and put 
>it in a frame and hung it on the wall and declared it to be "art."  Am I or 
>am I not BS'ing you?
>
>Respectfully submitted,
>
>Bill Gunter
>jazzboard at hotmail.com
>
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