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<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42129.0&return_msg=42129.10"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42129.1">1–10</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42129.11">11–13</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=42129.10">What fresh hell is this?</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="42129_10_13_10"> <a name="a42129_10"></a><div class="message" id="message_42129_10"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">28 Feb 2018 17:12</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: graphitone <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 28 Feb 2018 19:12"></span></span> <span class="message_count">10 of 13</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42129.10">42129.10</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42129.9">42129.9</a></div> <div class="message_body"> The context of minimalist art, and other established/traditional creative genres is the gallery: a blank canvas in a store is a blank canvas, a blank canvas in a gallery showing is minimalist art.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42129.10&return_msg=42129.10" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42129.10"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42129_11"></a><div class="message" id="message_42129_11"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">28 Feb 2018 22:03</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 28 Feb 2018 23:22"></span></span> <span class="message_count">11 of 13</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42129.11">42129.11</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42129.10#a42129_10" target="_self">42129.10</a></div> <div class="message_body"> You do seem to be spouting elitist bullshit, but I may be mis-parsing what you wrote. <p>Would you care to clarify if/how you see putting a scribble in a room as art whilst a photograph is nothing?</p></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42129.11&return_msg=42129.10" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42129.11"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42129_12"></a><div class="message" id="message_42129_12"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: graphitone<span class="message_time">28 Feb 2018 22:22</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 28 Feb 2018 23:22"></span></span> <span class="message_count">12 of 13</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42129.12">42129.12</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42129.10#a42129_10" target="_self">42129.10</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I agree somewhat - if something's in a gallery, then it's been defined as art, but the space isn't the context for the image, at least in the majority of cases. I guess there's an element of <em>this</em> gallery has <em>this </em>type of art or the gallery becomes part of the art, either in installations or literally as in the<em> Work No. 227: The lights going on and off</em> by Martin Creed, but other than that many galleries I've been to are agnostic of the work they display and will show many genres from the whole history of art.<br /><br /> That definition of art is based on decisions made by artists, their peers, critics and ultimately the public (who may or may not need telling what constitutes a piece of art. I'm giving people the benefit of the doubt). Then, given the thumbs up, that art is submitted and shown. Admittedly that's a fairly simplisitic way of looking at it, but y'know nutshells 'n that.<br /><br /> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42129.12&return_msg=42129.10" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42129.12"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a42129_13"></a><div class="message" id="message_42129_13"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">28 Feb 2018 23:30</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 2 Mar 2018 11:37"></span></span> <span class="message_count">13 of 13</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42129.13">42129.13</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=42129.10#a42129_11" target="_self">42129.11</a></div> <div class="message_body"> po-mo 'irony' transforms the most random of snapshots into high art indeed, to the <em>cognoscenti</em>. This is not something which occurs to common sense (whatever that is).<br /><br /><img alt="" src="http://tandtclark.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/12/10/postmodernism1_5.gif" /><div class="edit_text">EDITED: 1 Mar 2018 00:35 by DSMITHHFX</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=42129.13&return_msg=42129.10" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="42129.13"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </body>