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[quote=Florya]I'm not doubting that people are affected by the art that they see, and if the artist intends for his work to have an emotional effect on the audience that consumes it, then that is part of the 'concept' and makes the artwork valid, even to my cynical eyes.
But I don't agree that the reaction to a work of art can be more important than than the idea behind the work, and I certainly don't agree that art only exists when it has an audience.
If the artist has no intention of sharing his work with the outside world, then that is part of the concept behind the work, and in no way diminishes it's artistic merit.
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Not sharing your work with the rest of the world is partly what creates the problem of having individuality going too far as to create a concept of egoistical, negative and obtuse art making. Surely if you are the only person who is 'enjoying' such work, noone is able to tell if it is a work of art in the first place? There is also the problem of a work of art having to develope, and ideas that go into creating a valuable painting or sculpture or whatever, come to the artist often from an outside input (ie Where do you get your inspiration from, then?).
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