Sunday, December 6, 2009

Response to Blog- Bad art?

This is a response to Julia's blog in which she asks In your own opinion, what qualifies as “good” or “bad” art, and how does this compare to what others perceive as “good” or “bad” art?

As stated before I do not think that there is such thing as bad or good art. I believe whatever an artists does is there work and their work should be respected. I, however, have works of art that I do not understand or do not fit my taste, but I wouldn't call it bad art because that would be ignorant of me. Let's take the art of music. I would listen to anything that moves me in the right way. Country, pop, rhythm and blues, gospel (anything!except heavy metal). It isn't my position to say what is good or bad because one I am no expert in the arts and two it is a reflection of a feeling that the artist has. I do not listen to heavy metal or consider it my taste because I am not a loud person who likes loud music. I also am not a person who likes negativity or has had that much of a bad life. So I can't relate so therefore it isn't in my taste. I think people's tastes/ aesthetic feeling allows them to connect with a work of art and this is when the line between good and bad becomes visible. This is when people get confused and use terminology that isn't right. Instead of saying that a particular work of art isn't of their taste people say I hate it or this is bad. I think people can say that things aren't in their taste while still appreciating the work of art because it was made by someone and reflects their emotions. So to me and in my opinion there is no good or bad art.

Question: Can you say that you appreciate a work of art even though it isn't in your taste?

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