The Philosophy Now Forum

Boris Groys on what art is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYdFgTeHZEI

A good artist is one who controls the communication over his person. Good at PR = good artist.

You could ask an artist why he puts paint on a canvas? and he would answer, "Because it's There".

thedoc wrote:You could ask an artist why he puts paint on a canvas? and he would answer, "Because it's There".

Are you saying first the canvas then the artist?

No, the artist has a need to express, and finds the canvas as a means to express himself, Just an explorer has a need to discover and finds a mountain to climb.

For the dining room.... looks very similar to mealtime at my house

I've always found art to be vacuous, and certainly nothing I've read here makes me change my mind. You watch or read an interview with an artist and the ego and pretentiousness shine through.

Artists / creative types - make something useful, like a house, furniture, clothes (as long as it isn't 'fashion') - from sustainable materials. Beauty - don't even think about competing with nature, and if you have something interesting to say, then say it.

I find actions that are preformed with a high level of skill, to be artistic.

Art is that which cannot be anything else

Yes, I like the last paragraph.

something made by hand simply to be enjoyed.