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So it's art
By SamWack
Sat, 07/15/2023 - 10:33pm
It was better when it was not art.
Schrodinger's art?
By MrZip
Sat, 07/15/2023 - 11:04pm
It's both. The wiki reference at the end of the story about semiotics would seem to say that Not Art's stencil is the signified (plane of content) and the thing he puts it on, the signifier, (the plane of expression). So one could say that "Not Art" is not art, but the things he put them on are (found object?). At the end of the day I have no problem with him (I'm generally against graffiti) b/c for the most part he was pointing out failures of our society. Same reason I love Keytar Bear. Carry on Not Art!
Keytar Bear?
By anon
Sun, 07/16/2023 - 10:24am
"I have no problem with him (I'm generally against graffiti) b/c for the most part he was pointing out failures of our society. Same reason I love Keytar Bear. "
Keytar Bear is pointing out the failures of our society?
It was always art.
By Lee
Sun, 07/16/2023 - 6:27am
Except for naive anti art snobs.
Of course it was always art
By SamWack
Sun, 07/16/2023 - 9:10am
or attempted art, anyways. But if you're going to play that game, you have to play it through to the end. The irony is that, by explaining it, he destroys its status as art, so in the end it's not art after all.
I get what you’re saying.
By Lee
Sun, 07/16/2023 - 9:22am
But I rarely pay heed to what artists say or do. Or what critics or art explainers say. So many are dolts, present company excepted.
I only care about the art itself so all is still good with me. It won’t stop me from smiling every time I see a Not Art.
I think its status as art has
By CH
Sun, 07/16/2023 - 9:28am
I think its status as art has been pretty clear to everybody from the beginning. The artist saying, or not saying, anything about it makes little difference. It's not performance not art.
You're not art!
By Art
Sun, 07/16/2023 - 9:40am
You piece of work, you.
Not all art is good art
By BostonDog
Sun, 07/16/2023 - 10:16am
Sure it's art on a basic level but that doesn't make it good art or a project worth continuing. He's a lousy artist.
He wants to permanently change other's art into his own and for that I think he's a loser.
and ...
By SwirlyGrrl
Sun, 07/16/2023 - 11:39am
Derelict gas stations.
Is this satire?
By Rwgfy
Sun, 07/16/2023 - 9:50am
Is this satire?
No, It's Satie
By BostonDog
Sun, 07/16/2023 - 10:21am
Eric
Good one!
By Lee
Sun, 07/16/2023 - 10:32am
Or might it be NOT SATIE?
not just Somerville
By Ben
Sun, 07/16/2023 - 2:30pm
Big white paint spill on Beacon Street along the Common has the "Not Art" signature on it.
I was going to make a joke
By ChrisF
Mon, 07/17/2023 - 12:02am
I was going to make a joke there but I've decided against it. I'll let your imagination have a go at it.
I thought...
By Karl
Mon, 07/17/2023 - 6:08am
...this guy already became an exhibit of the Ancient Joke Museum...
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