Thursday, March 28, 2013

A Matter of Taste?

We cannot agree that all matter put forth as #art in fact qualifies as art. We find that making such a statement generally infuriates some connoisseurs (of precisely what? Well, that is the question).

Insomuch as your opinion of what passes for art meets some threshold (and is therefore correct in your mind), why can't the rest of us simply label some of it by its rightful name: pretentious jackassery? It occurs to us that not allowing for such dissent is a unique flavor of artistic #fascism.

Take this work, for example. Were we to consider whether this rolling death-trap qualifies, we would not be able to ignore that the bumper stenciling is a glowing example of shoddy workmanship. However, we applaud the agreement with our above sentiments: be creative and substantive, not absurd and ignorant.

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