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  written on 17-Feb-2009

  Lupa says:

  Nothing is wrong when we`re talking about Art... (thanks God!)
  It´s just about what people like / dislike...
  Es muy subjetivo, o al menos yo lo veo así.

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  written on 18-Feb-2009

  cristian.saracco says:

  The teacher can be a good art critic ... There are always a good number of people of this kind!
  
  BTW... I don't like the drawings... LOL

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  written on 18-Feb-2009

  patencia says:

  Lupa: you'd be surprised by what people think about this: not everybody thinks there's no rights or wrongs in art. Obviously, saying "This is a great artwork" is not the same as saying "This is a great, say, washing machine"; but that does not mean that you cannot try to find criteria that explain the intuition that some works are better than others. (The criteria, btw, do not necessarily have to appeal to intrinsic features of the work).
  But that's obviously consistent with what you say: you can like or dislike whatever you want regardless of any standard. There's nothing right or wrong there; that is, you may like something "considered" "BAD" art or dislike purportedly "great" artworks. Moreover, you can eventually try to convince others of why they should value works that are not considered praiseworthy.
  And yes, 'pace' Plato, I think--with Cristian--that there can be good art teachers and critics.
  mmm... the drawings are cute.. at the very least

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  written on 18-Feb-2009

  albertob says:

  Yes, there´s bad art and good art. But the criteria of judging is, as wisely Lupa said, subjective (in terms of individuals, institutions, history, experts opinion, consensus, market value, etc...). Traditionally, Modern Art was-is attached to a context (a gallery, a museum, a frame in the wall), and the context forces us to experiment those objects as art, and to ignore the rest of the objects outside as non-artistic. As we are obliged to perceive objects like art, we cannot avoid to give those objects a subjective value (is the subjective experience of those objects good or bad for me?).
  Is this a good art work or a bad bicycle?
  
  
  
  I know this was a pointless comment, sorry

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