Controversial "Piss Christ" art back in New York

[OriginalGeek]

124. It's only miasma if

you insist art has to be something that fits your classifications and then you get confronted with a creation you don't like and don't want it to be considered art.

But it is.

Art comes from the desire of human beings to express something. How is the stick figure drawing done by a 5 year old girl who wants to express her love for her family any less art than Da Vinci painting the Mona Lisa? It may be less expertly realized but it is not less art. It means a lot to her and probably to her family and doesn't need to be loved or liked or even noticed by the world at large to be art.

This concept should not cause any consternation. Nobody is saying all art is good art. Nobody is saying anyone has to like all art or any art. Artists create art. You either want it or you don't. You like it or you don't. It speaks to you or it doesn't. None of these conditions has any bearing on whether or not the work is art. It was art before you ever even knew it existed. Once you know it exists then you can start to determine if it means anything to you or you can ignore it completely. If you are considering the piece for financial reasons (you are buying for yourself or others or evaluating the piece for use in some commercial venture) then you may have way different criteria for evaluating it other than "I like it" but all of that is superfluous to the fact that it is art.