What is art? Interpretation Makes Meaning

1) As we did today in class, make a list of your own personal criteria for determining that something is a "good" work of art.

2) Now imagine the list of criteria that a professional art critic must carry around in his or her head. What are the differences?

3) What does this statement from the next Barrett reading mean to you?  "To interpret a work of art is to make it meaningful."

This blog response should take shape within 150 words and will be the starting point for your first visual journal entry (2 pages). It is due at the start of class Monday, August 27th. 

What is art?

After reading what Barrett has to say about the definition of art, can you come up with a working definition of your own based on your experiences with art?
Due Wednesday, August 22, 2012

In your last blog entry, reflect on the ways in which this course has changed or expanded your view of contemporary art.

Use one of the artists from today's presentations to explore the notion that art has value to the society in which it is created. What is this value?

Thinking back to the artists we learned about in the last round of presentations- what seems to be a common goal for all of them regarding their art practice?
Is this common to all contemporary artists?
Due Monday November 28th.

Reflect on how each of the three artists from Wednesday's presentations use specific materials to express their conceptual ideas. Due Monday November 21st.

What observations can you make about the contemporary art market based on "Exit Through the Gift Shop"? Do you think graffiti art is am important form of art? Why or why not? Do you think it will be as valued as it is right now in another 50 years?