Society/Culture Geoffrey Rush named Australian of the Year

[Contra Mundum]

Meh pedesterian. Mind you I have seen a defence of piss Christ by Sister Wendy who says "although its title is juvenile attention grabbing as a meditation on the horror and reality of Crucifixion and the body fluids which are spilled in that process it does have some merit"

 

[Monniehawk]

1. You call it art. I call it media or television or writing.

My definition of art is what basically sits in art galleries with a few odd exceptions.
But if you want to sit around and call everyone an artist then I'm not going to stop you.

If you want to define Art as what happens in galleries then I'm not going to stop you.
I just think you are wrong.



By a loooooooong way.
But, up to you.

Anecdote:
I remember a cartoon as a youngster, with a group of toffs critiquing a gallery exhibition.
They sang the praises of one: a geometric pattern amongst other modern works on the wall, lauding it's minimalist nature and assigning a host of interpretations of what the artist was trying to convey.

It was the air conditioning vent.

Ignorance comes from all directions.

 

[Upton Sinclair]

If you want to define Art as what happens in galleries then I'm not going to stop you.
I just think you are wrong.

Oh, I know he is wrong, I think it would be instructive to get back to basics for just a moment:

Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items (often with symbolic significance) in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression, including music, literature, film, photography, sculpture, and paintings. The meaning of art is explored in a branch of philosophy known as aesthetics, whereas disciplines such as anthropology, sociology and psychology analyze its relationship with humans and generations.
Traditionally, the term art was used to refer to any skill or mastery. This conception changed during the Romantic period, when art came to be seen as "a special faculty of the human mind to be classified with religion and science".[1] Generally, art is made with the intention of stimulating thoughts and emotions.

 

[Monniehawk]

Oh, I know he is wrong, I think it would be instructive to get back to basics for just a moment:

Traditionally, the term art was used to refer to any skill or mastery. This conception changed during the Romantic period, when art came to be seen as "a special faculty of the human mind to be classified with religion and science".[1] Generally, art is made with the intention of stimulating thoughts and emotions.

Whereby, it seems, it has patently failed with some.

 

[skilts]

Whereby, it seems, it has patently failed with some.

Then again, I'd wager that nobody has ever called you 'general', corporal.

 

[Old Skool]

This piss looks carbonated.

 

[its free real estate]

Geoffrey Thrush IMO.