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What is Art?

What is Art?

  • A generally standard definition of art is: the use of creative imagination to produce work that expresses certain meanings or ideas, typically with the intention of aesthetic beauty. However, arguably, what makes something art is less about what it is and more about what it does and how it interacts with the world around it.
  • Art is art so long as its reason for being art can be properly contextualized or defended by either the creator or consumer.

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