Don't you think it is ridiculous to judge art?

Answer 1

yes.
I think art is way of expressing your personal point view, how
you feel, and how you grasp things.
I agree with you, to judge art is ridiculous.
Art is a creative thing.
Everyone is creative, and everyone has their own unique thought process.

Answer 2

I had a teacher in Art School who stated that your art is art if someone either loves it or hates it- I kind of agree. Art is first a process of expression for the individual producing it, after that- as a selling piece or a commercial piece,one must meet certain aesthetics-certain public taste and certain restraint from public outcry on morality and slander-bad taste in those things is just bad taste. While I completely believe also in pushing the fold-great art always does. It opens one up to new ideas,visually and intellectually-but,if you are so taken back from crudity or moral reaction you cannot see past that then beyond shock value the art has not accomplished the task of saying what the artist is trying to tell. The accomplishment of this is different in each artists and viewers eyes-its a completely subjective subject!

Answer 3

well, art is subjective, above all. you might find it useful to read Oscar Wilde's preface to "The Picture of Dorian Gray". Wilde studying art at university and the importance of art, this might help you decide.

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)

Preface
The artist is the creator of beautiful things.

To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim.

The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.

The highest as the lowest form of criticism is a mode of autobiography. Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming.

This is a fault.

Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.

They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only beauty.

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.

That is all.

The nineteenth century dislike of realism is the rage of Caliban seeing his own face in a glass.

The nineteenth century dislike of romanticism is the rage of Caliban not seeing his own face in a glass.

The moral life of man forms part of the subject-matter of the artist, but the morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium. No artist desires to prove anything. Even things that are true can be proved.

No artist has ethical sympathies.

An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style. No artist is ever morbid. The artist can express everything.

Thought and language are to the artist instruments of an art.

Vice and virtue are to the artist materials for an art.

From the point of view of form, the type of all the arts is the art of the musician.

From the point of view of feeling, the actor's craft is the type.

All art is at once surface and symbol.

Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

Answer 4

Any type of art is judged by its viewers. That type of judging is human nature. But judging for the purpose of awards is silly because it is fraught with errors. Most "judges" have their own agendas. This applies to the Oscars, Emmy's, art festivals, decorating, etc. Where money and fame are concerned, it is almost impossible to be objective.

Answer 5

No everyone is entitled to their opinion. As long as they realize that it's subjective. There is no right or wrong. It's a matter of preference. It would be wrong for someone to judge art & try to impose their judgment on others, to say definitively what constitutes good or bad art (though many of us may agree, beauty is still in the eye of the beholder.)

Whatever you choose to hang in your living room, whatever you find beautiful, or inspiring or interesting, is art to you.

Answer 6

No, I don't think it's ridiculous to judge art. One of art's purposes - be it fine art, photography, playwriting, or fiction - is to be questioned. Questioning is a form of judgement, but one that drives us towards greater (self) knowledge. All art should be judged, but it's up to you how you choose to judge it. Enjoy!

Answer 7

No different than judging the art of a director or writer..it's all art and where's there's art....there's media and critics

Answer 8

All forms of art should be judged... Music, Painting, Sculptures, Drawings, Etc.. Etc.. There's always opinions that need to be said... Regardless of how it sounds... If you don't like it... Tell them... But be constructive... As an artist, myself... I love knowing what people think...

Answer 9

The alternative to that is to assume that all art is equal. And I don't think that's a very useful stance to take.

Answer 10

yes especially that abstract stuff