[lbo-talk] artsy-fartsy

[Jim Devine]

How does an inanimate object (i.e., art, with the exception of
performance art) "distinguish itself"? Art can't talk, walk, cry, or
distinguish.

Whatever one thinks, distinguishing "art" from non-art has to be in
the eyes of the beholders. _We_ (the observers) distinguish art from
non-art. There's an element of popularity contest in distinguishing
art from non-art.

[that's it for today.]

On 5/24/06, martin <mschiller at pobox.com> wrote:
> On May 24, 2006, at 6:36 AM, Jim Devine wrote:
>
> > what _is_ art, anyway? how do we distinguish art from non-art?
> >
>
> You don't - it distinguishes itself.
>
> Martin
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Jim Devine / "These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in
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