What is art?

Question

These days anything can be art. A swirl of colors on a styrofoam plate can be art. Some guy screaming words about killing people can be art. A steamy romance novel with every other page involving a dozen grammar errors and at least one sex scene is art...

What do you consider art and where do you draw the line between art and modern crap?

Answer 1

Anything and everythign can be called a piece of art. even a coffee cup can be considered art. Art in any form, that pleases a human eye or ears, in sense of music, movies, paintings, books can be considered creative.

Answer 2

I think "Art is anything that holds a person's sense of order" is a good definition to start with. Art is, thus, not only paintings and sculptures but also the way you talk

If you dislike this definition because you find it useless, maybe you should analyze what relationships you assume there are between "What art is", "What art you like" and "What art work is worth investing in"

The quality of a work is agreed to be related to its consistency and evolution from the artist's previous works; the value or importance of that work depends on its quality and the influence it has on other artists' works; and its market value depends on other factors

I don't know if this helps you draw a line between art and crap, but I hope it has contributed to clarify what the situation is

Answer 3

art is something that helps u change ur point of view for something dramatically. u mite luk at something in art and say "ohh thats a totally new perspective"

Answer 4

To me art are those things I consider pretty.
An artist is one who takes his work seriouslly and dedicates alot of time to it

Answer 5

art is one thing which people differs from state of mind.........one thing which doesnt match with others.it is "FUSION OF CREATIVITY & THINKING"