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Originally Posted by Florya
Wrong on 4 out of 6. Art has nothing to do with talent, technique, craftsmanship or materials.
It has everything to do with thought and expression.
The more I think about it, the more I think that we are arguing at cross purposes.
You seem to see art as the product, I see it as a state of mind.
Art doesn't require an audience, it is beyond praise or criticism because it is an insight into the mind of an individual, and no one (not even your beloved Brian Sewell) has the right to comment on the work unless it is to express their own, individual, aesthetic opinion on how the work affects them and them alone.
No one's opinion is any more or less valid than anyone elses when it comes to art because we are all unique and have our own unique perceptions, and these perceptions help to form our opinions.
If the artist is happy with the work, then the art is good. Doesn't matter what anyone else thinks.
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Let Tom do the answering:
Tom Kemp
There's something about writing. It worries me. It's definitely got something to hide. I've spent a long time
making writing. Trying to find out what's so special about the fact that it has to be physically created. At the same time my ideas about what art is have changed a lot. It's something like art being what takes over from writing when we reach writing's limit. So now I'm stuck in the middle of both, attempting to piece together a coherent answer and only managing this by making art which is writing.
Red You : bottle, enamel, canvas : 120cm x 285cm