"jjs" wrote in message
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If the public defines what is art, then the marketplace is the rule, and
if that is true then the plethora of calendar images, Elvis-on-Velvet, and
Sponge Bob Square Pants is high art.

See how foolish that is?


I disagree that is a valid test. With the exception of in an Arkansas
trailer park, Elvis on anything is not art and the same goes for dogs
playing poker. I clearly stated the population at large, or in other word,
the majority of the population must agree it's art. Nine year olds do not
judge what is art, but lets face it, the renderer of those cartoons are
considered to be artist, are they not?

If the public does not decide what is art or what isn't, then who does? I
sincerely hope you will not suggest some Government body or MS!