I would argue that the medium used doesn’t define the artist, but rather how much effort is put into getting the final result. A few prompt words and a button click, that’s not an artist. Finding the right combination of things, taking those results, doing further manipulation, that becomes more like artwork, even if it’s all digital.
The line has become very blurry, no doubt there. But the people drawing a line aren’t helping.
I’m not sure that effort alone is a good enough metric. Some great art actually does just kinda flow out sometimes, to the point where artists often talk about feeling like they’re just a channel that the art flows out of.
There’s great art that’s been born in 30 minutes as a silly afterthought of the artist, and also great art that took the artist’s entire life.
I would love to see how many hours of practice and repetition each artist had put in, before the moment they experienced that flowing for the first time.
I would argue that the medium used doesn’t define the artist, but rather how much effort is put into getting the final result. A few prompt words and a button click, that’s not an artist. Finding the right combination of things, taking those results, doing further manipulation, that becomes more like artwork, even if it’s all digital.
The line has become very blurry, no doubt there. But the people drawing a line aren’t helping.
Haven’t we had this discussion like a billion times? Isn’t every art movement just a rebellion against what “the man” thinks “real” art is?
I’m not sure that effort alone is a good enough metric. Some great art actually does just kinda flow out sometimes, to the point where artists often talk about feeling like they’re just a channel that the art flows out of.
There’s great art that’s been born in 30 minutes as a silly afterthought of the artist, and also great art that took the artist’s entire life.
I would love to see how many hours of practice and repetition each artist had put in, before the moment they experienced that flowing for the first time.
Yes art = work, genius
All work is effort, but not all effort is work.
Right because effort is art or something?
Again not all effort is art, but all art is effort.
How do you figure when effort is not art?