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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

if you read the first post rather than jump in midway thinking that you are Tibbs's answer to the Milky Bar Kid you will see that I am not defining art i am suggesting that 99% of it (and dont forget poetry) is crap.

Nice try.

You said Arista's picture is not art. I wondered why. You stated eventually, after I had to beat it out of you, that it is not art because it is free. It is this notion which I am currently questioning. This notion which you are again avoiding by trying to alter the subject.

So the painting of the yellow lines on the wall is not art because it is free? What a fascinating concept.

Would a painting you consider to be fine art suddenly loose it's artistic merit if it was devalued and given to you for free?