boholikeu said:
Really? I thought you were originally saying that something can't be art unless it's simple enough to be appreciated by the masses. If I misread that then we have no argument with each other. =)
Yes, really. My point was that I'm against the idea that
all art must be exclusive 'high culture' or that mass appeal automatically devalues the artist merit of a work.
Just because someone sees the value in complex art doesn't mean they are pretentious or dismissive of simple art.
Personal bias based on experience, which I'll freely admit to. In my experience there's a high correlation between people openly (and at length) talking up the value of complex art and being dismissive of simpler works
and being pretentious twats. Not worth going into it further unless you want a vitriolic dissertation on class war within art circles.
