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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead
Is it possible for something to be unquestionably high art or unquestionably low art since the advent of post-modernism?
Even though we can never know for sure what the artist's true intention was?
John Cage could have been lying about his music just to make it more popular in the avant-garde community. Perhaps he really set out to make pop-music but failed miserably.
Perhaps Britney Spears whole persona is very high art on her part and she is really a genious making an avant-garde piece of art- herself, the annoying pop artist.
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1. In order for something to be considered "high-art"(for lack of better term), it has to be accepted by it's peers and majority in the art community, specifically galleries. I could only assume that "low-art" would be the rejection of art in acceptance of majority in the gallery art community. It was that way with dadaist and it's that way today. Art is always going to be questioned, so it's impossible for any art to be "unquestionable".
2. Cage had method & reasoning behind his music(use of serialism, i-ching, and various formulas, etc.). Pop music is music that is generally accepted by popular culture or most of the people. Not many Americans were into i-ching and serialism, so nah, i don't think he was just bad at making "pop music"...i think he made music to make people question "why", just like duchamp. we all know cage's reasoning and intentions, he's always explained why. avant garde is there to keep people questioning art. in order for Britney Spears to be considered "high-art", she'd have to be accepted by majority of artists, especially galleries and art dealers that determine the value of her work(they are, in the end, the ones who deems certain art as "high-art").
because the art community, galleries, and art dealers have never held her work publicly as credible or valuable, brittany spears isn't considered "high art". if britney spears is trying to be "avant garde", she's not doing a very good job cuz she's not doing anything that is questioning what is pop music because she's done very well at having her music be considered "pop" without question.