WHAT IS ART? WHAT IS BEAUTIFUL?

EVERYTHING IS ART.

ANYTHING IS ART.

THIS IS NO BETTER THAN...

THIS, RIGHT?

I.E.– NOTHING IS UNIVERSALLY BEAUTIFUL. THUS, ART IS BEAUTIFUL IF I SAY IT IS.

RIGHT???

ART—JOKES

HOW TO CLASSIFY JOKES?

ANYTHING IS A JOKE IF SOMEONE SAYS SO.

BUT…THEY BOTH SERVE A FUNCTION: •  TO UPLIFT •  TO DEMEAN •  (TO BE FORGOTTEN)

LIKESàTASTEàWORLDVIEW

WHAT SHOULD YOU LIKE?

SO IS THERE

“GOOD” TASTE &

“BAD” TASTE?

JOKE #1

JOKE #2

•  BASED ON CONSENSUS & EXPERIENCE

•  CAN BE INFLUENCED/CHANGED THROUGH REASON

•  CULTURALLY CONTEXTUAL (BUT WHAT ABOUT GLOBALIZATION?)

•  YET…FREE TO REJECT CRITICAL ARGUMENT (NOT SCIENTIFIC CLAIM)

CAN THERE BE “GOOD” ART & “BAD” ART (OR JOKES)?

OBJECTIVISM (FORMALISM) V.

SUBJECTIVISM (EXPRESSIONISM)

STANCEàWORLDVIEW

CAN THERE BE “GOOD” ART & “BAD” ART (OR JOKES)?

IF BEAUTY IS DEPENDENT ON EXPRESSION, ARE THERE ANY UNIVERSAL QUALITIES OR BEHAVIORS THAT ARE BEAUTIFUL? IF WE ARE LIMITING BEAUTY TO EXPRESSION, CAN NATURE OR STATIC OBJECTS BE BEAUTIFUL?