Art with a capital F

[wigginhall]

I dunno, I think 'art' - and 'the arts' - are loaded terms. Thus Picasso is art, a soft focus crying Pierrot print isn't, and the people who like the latter think (or are made to think) that 'art' isn't for them.

Yes, Jack Vettriano gets people hot under the collar, but I sort of like them, well, in moderation.    But yes, art is posh.  Then again, if you get something that isn't, and I don't think 'My Bed' is posh, then people shout, not art.

[Rhiannon]

Yes, Jack Vettriano gets people hot under the collar, but I sort of like them, well, in moderation.    But yes, art is posh.  Then again, if you get something that isn't, and I don't think 'My Bed' is posh, then people shout, not art.

I'm not sure art being posh equals money. It's more art being posh equals me getting it and you not; it's intellectual snobbery. So 'My Bed' actually becomes posh because the plebs look at it and go, 'but my kid's bed looks like that.' But I know it's art, so ner.

Incidentally, I'm not saying that this applies to you, obviously - 'My Bed' just seems to be the example we're using. As it happens I do get it too - it doesn't necessarily appeal to me and I haven't engaged with it a great deal but I see the sadness that went into its creation.