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Originally Posted by Xanthe
Anyone can pick up a handful of shit and throw it on a religious icon. To me, that is not art. Showing worshipers made of shit kneeling at the statue shows me the point the artist is trying to make. I may not agree with that representation, but it will make me think WHY the artist created that artwork. A statue with a piece of shit on it; heck, pigeons create that everyday - are they artists?
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It is very easy to claim to be making an artistic statement; whether it actually is one or not is quite another story. Just because a person is self-described as an artist does not make all their output "art".
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As I read you, you are debating from the basis that you, and only you, know what art is and what is not. And apparently you know better than the artist what he/she ought to have created instead.