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by qzxvwt 3319 days ago
Seems like you're criticizing the powers that be that act as authorities for what should be considered art. The importance of this kind of criticism has been historically recognized by many artists and cultures for a long time [1][2][3][4][5][6], and will obviously continue to be relevant, so it's actually constructive that you brought it up even if you didn't mean for it to be so. But I think the most important thing to realize is that "art" isn't a monolithic thing — it means different things to different people. For some artworks are profitable commodities and socioeconomic status symbols, and for others its an anti-positivist exploration of what it means to be human. What it "really" is is an ongoing struggle between such differing points of view.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salon_des_Refus%C3%A9s [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_(Duchamp) [3] https://www.moma.org/collection/works/81384?locale=en [4] https://blogs.uoregon.edu/hanshaacke/2015/02/16/shapolsky-et... [5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auOKsXnMmkg [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diy_culture#Music