This week in class we discussed the idea of the function of art. Something is art when it functions as art is in essence what is being discussed. Instead of attempting to classify something as art, a more efficient way is to state when something is art. With this theory in mind, one can argue that almost anything can be art, if someone says it is given a certain function. For example, a blanket under normal circumstances would not be classified as art, however, if someone were to say that it is art if it were to be held up in the air, then it is art. Things do things because of what they are. Function and use entirely define something. When something functions as art, then it is in actuality art. However, one is not able to turn something into art, someone can only use something as art at a given time. Therefore, something is art when someone sees it as art.
Therefore a question I pose is if someone says something is art and then someone else says that it is not, who be correct?
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