Artistic value in nontraditional things

[ToiletCrusher]

What is it? Is it an artistic value?

Can you appreciate tangible things like figurines for the craftsmanship that goes into making them like you would any piece of traditional artwork or even antique furniture?

Any collectible must hold some level of nostalgia to the person collecting it.

But, the value you hold in it may differ.

Thoughts?

[britneypablo]

What is it? Is it an artistic value?

Can you appreciate tangible things like figurines for the craftsmanship that goes into making them like you would any piece of traditional artwork or even antique furniture?

Any collectible must hold some level of nostalgia to the person collecting it.

But, the value you hold in it may differ.

Thoughts?

<font color="deeppink"> no....nothing good about it the worst is record album covers....your all so annoying


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[ToiletCrusher]

<font color="deeppink"> no....nothing good about it the worst is record album covers....your all so annoying


;) ;) ;) ;)

I warned you once, Carolina. I'll come down there!

[jab]

everything is art.

[britneypablo]

I warned you once, Carolina. I'll come down there!

<font color="deeppink"> well then i hope youll be able to find some artistic value of my foot in your arse....

hey arent u supposed to bring me some booze or something ?

[dickydean]

First of all anything sold as collectible properly isn't. That said I've got a couple of. Franklin Mint corvets and I collect nutcrackers & banks. I don't expect any value from any of it I just enjoy them

[djjd]

as i always say about art

i may not know what i like, but i know it when i see it


or something like that

[boobieman]

I say anything can be considered art. What someone thinks is a great piece of art, another will think it is shit. I saw the Jackson Pollock exhibit at MOMA a few years back, and I just did not get it. I really did not like it. I loved his pencil drawing but everything else to me was nothing. Now millions of people think Pollock is a great artist, so should I?

What art is to me: is a created object that invokes a feeling, or idea. So actually anything could be considered art. A car, a statue, a comic book, scrap of metal, broken piano, hell almost anything. That is what is best. No one could tell me what I could say is good and not.

There I think I just created some art...well maybe not.

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[Ritalin]

everything is art.

Nothing is art.

[hammersavage]

Nothing is art.

Is art art? Are we art?

[jennysmurf]

Is art art? Are we art?

I am a work of art. You--not so much.












I keed, I keed.

[instrument]

i feel sorry for people who collect "stuff"

my closest friend collects transformers...comics...robotech..etc...

maxed out credit cards...destroyed relationships..etc...etc...

sad.

some of the toys he's bought and sold 10+ times, usually losing money each time.

[Serpico1103]

What is it? Is it an artistic value?
Can you appreciate tangible things like figurines for the craftsmanship that goes into making them like you would any piece of traditional artwork or even antique furniture?
Any collectible must hold some level of nostalgia to the person collecting it.
But, the value you hold in it may differ.
Thoughts?

Here is a clue as to whether something is collectible. Is it marketed by the producer as collectible? Than it is probably not a collectible.

[dukester]

though probably not art, the abdullah action figure is pretty bad ass.
but the package is half the gimick...

http://www.highspots.com/images/images_125/item_figures_legends_abdullah_bloody.jpg

[GameRelatedSig]

Here's a handy tip:

If it's something you like or enjoy, there will always be a dozen or so people tripping over each other in their rush to tell you it has no artistic value or merit whatsoever.

[NewYorkDragons80]

<font color="deeppink"> no....nothing good about it the worst is record album covers....your all so annoying


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I beg to differ. The great Phil Hartman designed some amazing album covers.

http://www.firesigntheatre.com/afghan/fc-a-l.jpg


Now, for toiletcrusher's question. It pissed me off that Ron dismissed the guy who regarded McFarlane-style action figures as craftmanship. I'm not a collector, but I can look at these action figures and appreciate them as sculpture. And a comedian, who represents an overlooked artform that is equally scoffed at by musicians and artists, should be the first one to appreciate that skilled art comes in many forms.

[Gvac]

It pissed me off that Ron dismissed the guy who regarded McFarlane-style action figures as craftmanship. I'm not a collector, but I can look at these action figures and appreciate them as sculpture.

They are pretty impressive.

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_sportsstuff/images/2008/07/30/lidstrom_2.jpg

[SatCam]

I know exactly what this thread is about. Every day I make myself look like a work of art and no one gives a damn

[Mullenax]

While I'm an art person, I do think there is value in even the most hideous kitsch.

Most things, little statuary, collectibles, ect. can be interpreted by the beholder, even incorrectly, and I think there's something cool about that.

When it comes to "things" that I don't consider art, my favorites are ones that speak their context the second you look at them, like a plastic phone that screams "I was cutting edge in 1967". There's something about a visual statement that holds human attention, even if it was not intended to be viewed as art.