What is the purpose of all these images, objects and performances
we call art?
What status is due the places that host and display them?
I art merely an escape, a self-indulgent therapy? Is it an
intellectual game guided by academic discipline? Is it analysis
of culture or personal history?. Is it a vehicle for story-telling
or commentaries on previous art?
Should ‘Art’ be a commodity for sale? What is
the difference between good art and art that is less good?
What is the likelihood that everyone who is engaged in the
making of artworks will agree on the answers to the above
questions?
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