Monday, May 12, 2008
... But Is It Art?
Here's a most ingenious defence, and potentially an exciting new area for Art to explore (perhaps with the aid of a generous Arts Council grant). Stone is clearly an advanced thinker, though arguably De Quincey got there first with his essay On Murder, Considered As One Of The Fine Arts.
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Shouldn't we instead try to define what definitely isn't art? That list would be far shorter, I'm afraid.
ReplyDeleteThe legal system can always argue that his trial, imprisonment and execution are likewise art.
ReplyDeleteHold on a minute, you don't do executions over in Blighty. You are so artistically deprived!
Strange business! I liked the female security guard who kneed him in the nuts! Very artistic!
ReplyDeleteIf art can be defined by its commercial value then Luciens fat naked tart on a bed must be up there with the (second) best. We used to do legalised murder over here duck, before we lost our caveman status.
ReplyDeleteCouldn't one argue that we're depriving him of freedom of speech and so on, other basic human rights (including the right to kill), and just let him get on with it?
ReplyDeleteRauschenberg just died. Show some respect.
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