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Aug. 14th, 2008 03:46 pmThe PI who is friends with my boss, A., is such a jerk some times.( Nothing to see here, just venting. )
Now, worst of all, I find myself still debating (since I had to leave in the middle) what is "art." I described it as being innovative, difficult etc. I was immediately challenged to defend that against people who paint landscapes today--are they not artists?! (This is why I hate talking with Andrew. He wants me to defend everything as if this were a debate tournament. And I'm always, always wrong because I don't agree with him.) The English language is too limited. Sure, they're artists. What they produce is art. Whether it is "Art" with the capital A and the space on the wall of Louvre, I can't say. I'm not trained, I think a lot of art is bullshit, and that's me. I am supposed to draw the Platonic ideal of art for him in between changing medium and doing transfers? I don't think so.
Now, worst of all, I find myself still debating (since I had to leave in the middle) what is "art." I described it as being innovative, difficult etc. I was immediately challenged to defend that against people who paint landscapes today--are they not artists?! (This is why I hate talking with Andrew. He wants me to defend everything as if this were a debate tournament. And I'm always, always wrong because I don't agree with him.) The English language is too limited. Sure, they're artists. What they produce is art. Whether it is "Art" with the capital A and the space on the wall of Louvre, I can't say. I'm not trained, I think a lot of art is bullshit, and that's me. I am supposed to draw the Platonic ideal of art for him in between changing medium and doing transfers? I don't think so.
