http://andrewvenell.com/blog/writing/artisdumbdosomethingelsecom/ American Multimedia Artist, San Francisco, CA Sat, 21 Apr 2012 02:47:15 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://andrewvenell.com/blog/writing/artisdumbdosomethingelsecom/#comment-9635 Andy Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:28:40 +0000 http://andrewvenell.com/?p=999#comment-9635 Well, the argument that something is art v. craft v. design is certainly <em>unhelpful</em> at this point. I should say, though, that I don't mean to suggest that I think artworks or artists are boring (in general)--or that the art getting made right now is any more boring than, for example, the mainstream films getting made. There are just as many boring works of art as anything else. And just as many sublime works of art being made today by people who call themselves artists. It's the category of art--how we react to it and how we view its role in our society, the particular questions it engenders--that I find boring and...no longer useful. Well, the argument that something is art v. craft v. design is certainly unhelpful at this point. I should say, though, that I don’t mean to suggest that I think artworks or artists are boring (in general)–or that the art getting made right now is any more boring than, for example, the mainstream films getting made. There are just as many boring works of art as anything else. And just as many sublime works of art being made today by people who call themselves artists. It’s the category of art–how we react to it and how we view its role in our society, the particular questions it engenders–that I find boring and…no longer useful.

]]> http://andrewvenell.com/blog/writing/artisdumbdosomethingelsecom/#comment-9628 lola Sun, 08 Mar 2009 08:25:22 +0000 http://andrewvenell.com/?p=999#comment-9628 Thanks for the well-written mini-festo. I agree 100%. I am so bored with "art" these days, especially its constant backhanded separation from "craft". Thanks for the well-written mini-festo. I agree 100%. I am so bored with “art” these days, especially its constant backhanded separation from “craft”.

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