Comments on: Anti-Art

By: Stuckism

Stuckism — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 14:18:38 +0000

I respect they can have a different interpretation, and I respect that I can have a different interpretation to their interpretation. I respect that one can have an interpretation that someone else's interpretation is a wrong interpretation. I respect the fact that they are entitled to have, in my interpretation, a wrong interpretation, and I respect my right to assert their interpretation is a wrong interpretation. I also respect their right to assert that my interpretation is wrong that their interpretation is wrong. Some people seem to find it very hard to accept all of that, and think that accepting someone's right to hold an interpretation means you shouldn't say they're wrong to hold it. It doesn't. Quite the opposite.

By: Francis

Francis — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:07:07 +0000

Exactly, since you respect different people having different interpretations of art, how then can you justify stuckist protests, at say the Turner prize for instance?

By: Stuckism

Stuckism — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:53:13 +0000

@Francis: I am glad everyone is allowed to have their own perception of what art is, as I can then have mine that not everything is art.

Charles Thomson, Co-founder, The Stuckists

By: Charles Thomson

Charles Thomson — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:52:36 +0000

You raise possibly the most important question facing art at the moment, namely what we should call "art", as opposed to some other classification. This doesn't just reflect on artistic values, but on wider values about what is important and meaningful in human existence. I might mention that Stuckist "realism" is not restricted to the material, but also encompasses the psychological and spiritual dimensions of experience.

Charles Thomson, Co-founder, The Stuckists

By: Francis

Francis — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:48:14 +0000

Well according to me everything is art. Since the artists consider their creations to be art and see it in that context, it should be proof enough for its validity in the art world. Everyone should be allowed to have their own perception of what is art and thus in the so called 'great debate' between stuckists and conceptual artists, I would have to go with Damien Hirst and co.as clear winners.