2. Let’s Play a Game. . .
• Examine the following
series of images
• Decide if they are Art
or not
• Be prepared to defend
your answer with full
explanations (not just
“good” or “bad”)
30. Popular Definitions of “Art”
• “Art is not a thing; it is a way.” –Hubbard (writer)
• “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the
same time.” –Merton (writer)
• "Art is either plagiarism or revolution.“ –Gaugin (painter)
• "Art is the only way to run away without leaving home." –
Tharp (choreographer)
• "Art is a kind of illness.“ –Puccini (composer)
• "Art is meant to disturb. Science reassures." –Braque (painter)
• "Art is like soup. There will be some vegetables you don't like
but as long as you get some soup down you it doesn't
matter." -Wyllie (sculptor)
• "Art is childish and childlike." -Hirst (visual artist)
• "Art is a bang/blast." -Okamoto (abstract artist)
• "Art is art. Everything else is everything else." -Reinhardt
(visual artist)
34. Who is allowed to define Art?
• Artists
• People who buy art
• Teachers
• Me
• You
• Anyone
Fountain’ by Marcel Duchamp
Owned by the Tate Museum in London
35. Who determines the “worth” of an
artwork?
• The artist who made it
• The artists who criticize it
• The person who buys it
• The viewer who sees it
• Should the worth of an artwork only based on money?
The Card Players Paul Cezanne
Most expensive painting ever sold
Sold for more than $250 million in 2011
36. Did You Win the Game?
• All of the images are Art