| A pile of dog crap is not art because art requires pre-meditated intent to communicate. Now if someone took a picture of that pile of dog crap, or otherwise mediated it into a presentation form, then it *could* be art, although any form of media which is meaningless cannot be art. This is difficult, however, as anything which is framed and presented can induce meaning. Context is everything (Consider Duchamp's Fountain).
But just because something can be classified as art does not mean that it has value as art.
Last edited by Yogge Sothothe; 03-23-2008 at 09:40 PM.
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