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I think art is the magic combination of uniqueness, expression, and technical skill. I’ll have to think some more about what is not art.

I just had a debate about what art is last weekend with a friend of mine. He was describing a piece of art by an artist who just won a prestigious prize that sounded more like an innovative process rather than art to me. I have included the image. It is by Jeremy Hof, and called “Layer Painting Red”.

He won the prize because he impressed the judges with his mathematical approach toward painting that reveals itself upon close inspection. According to the judging panel, “What appeared to be a two-dimensional surface revealed itself as a three-dimensional, layered structure, confounding our understanding of what a traditional painting is.”

Is this art? Perhaps. Does it deserve a prestigious prize? The judges said it won because it confounded their understanding of painting. For me, innovation for innovation’s sake is not does not contribute to art’s greatness.

art is the depiction of our state of mind…it may be or may not be skilled..there is hardly anything on earth which is not art….the art of nature is far more superior than the ‘art of the mankind’.

Everything you do in your own style is art.

interesting views from all!! i wonder if it would have been more befitting for this topic to be in ’Philosopher’s Study’ rather than in ‘Art’. :)

According to me art is the ‘opposite of logic’ or rather ‘is a higher form of order’ which appeals to our hearts rather than our minds… All objects that follow a ‘system’ and can be explained through ‘equations’ and logic by our minds - to me move towards being more of a science than an art…
However some people do consider all ‘novelty’- an art - which seems to be the case with the judges.

art is more of feeling and less of mind..
if u have feeling…there are 3 ways to express
1 words
2 signals/ guestures/ expresions
3 is by colours ( may be black and white as they are colours also) which i say is art..
its just as simple as salt in ocean you can feel it but couldnt see it…

just diffrences comes when i draw a picture as per my feelings, my understanding and my tone/ nature and some one dont consider it art becuse he is not able to connect his feelingswith mine which i wnat to comunicate…. so some times what is art for me may not be gud art to one and vice versa…
in begining its more of theme.. when new artist display their work they display under some theme…so that you can judge their work in the light of that theme…you can understand their feelings ’ how they see nation , how they see night..etcetc..later on when they become famouse you can see a connection between what they draw….see picaso paintings, you can see his signature of shapes, see vinci perfect finish of manalisa..etc etc…
just you see connection between their work and you like them more than others