1. DEFINING ART WHAT MAKES SOMETHING A WORK OF ART? WHAT IS ART FOR?

2. GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING JOHANNES VERMEER 1665 IS THIS A WORK OF ART?

3. Orlan: Operation Reussie Video, 1990 Can a something be art if it disturbs and upsets us or if it looks ugly? Why or why not? Would a realistic image be more powerful? What is the purpose of Art?

4. The Purpose(s) of Art Leonardo Da Vinci, The Annunciation, 1481 To capture a perception of reality. To teach or uplift the mind To praise a spiritual power To express emotion To create beauty To bind a community together To document a period of time something else???

5. RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA ART CHINESE PROPAGANDA ART Does Art have to be truthful?

6. Skillful but is it Art?

7. Art????? What is the difference between Fine Art and Low Brow Art? Mark Ryden The Fateful Punk/ Goth Girl Gang

8. ART???

9. SO…….. WHAT IS ART? WHAT MAKES SOMETHING A WORK OF ART?

10. Who decides what is Art? Marcel Duchamp Fountain 1917 63 x 46 x 36 cm. (25 x 18 x 14 in.)

11. Do-Ho Suh Seoul Home/ L.A. Home:Bathroom 2003, Silk 12’ x 20’ x 20’ Does it… Capture reality? Teach or uplift the mind? Express emotion? Create beauty? Bind a community together? Praise a spiritual power?

12. DAMIEN HIRST The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (1991).

13. TRACY EMINMY BED, 2001

14. Steve McCurry New York September 11, by Magnum Photographers.

15. Marcus Harvey Myra 1995

16. Chris Ofili The Holy Virgin Mary 1996

17. Art or Vandalism?

18. THE CHAPMAN TWINS

19. Feeling uncomfortable yet? Ron Mueck, Untitled (boy), 1999 – 2001, mixed media with fiber glass resin

20. CORNELIA PARKER

21. ANDY GOLDSWORTHY

22. JUDY CHICAGO’S DINNER PARTY

23. BARBARA KRUGER

24. Mark Wallinger takes Turner prize with re-creation of parliament protest http://arts.guardian.co.uk/flash/page/0,,1990916,00.html

25. Martin Creed ‘The lights Going On and Off’

26. So where do we go from here? What is to become of art? “I hope in this millennium art will become something more important than a spectacle. I hope that art will get closer to the people in general, not just something for the specialists…I hope art will become more spiritual… I hope it can fill the big emptiness of humanity today” Ernesto Neto, Brazilian sculptor

27. “If you can piss, you can paint.” Pablo Picasso

28. Keith Haring I don't think art is propaganda; it should be something that liberates the soul, provokes the imagination and encourages people to go further. It celebrates humanity instead of manipulating it.

29. What is Art?  What constitutes good art?  How is good art recognised and decided upon?  Who decides what is Art?  What is its purpose?  What is it’s role in society?  Why have artists? Write your own personal definition with examples of artworks and other peoples’ quotations to provide evidence for your argument. Remember to acknowledge your sources. Find some of your own examples!! Don’t be lazy!