From Duchamp's Fountain, Jackson Pollock's smatterings on canvas to John Cage's 4'33'', it seems that just about anything can be considered art if done in the right "spirit".
So, I've decided to put this to the test.
Presenting Exhibit A:
"How to Pick Up Dog Poop", Eureka POZ.
Yep, it's a pile of dogshit.
A pile of dogshit from a street in Eureka, California, to be precise.
During one of my Year 12 art classes, I pondered on how it seemed that anything could be justified as art. If done by an artist, of course.
Of course, when I considered taking a photograph of dogshit on a pavement, calling it something pretentious with a hollow metaphor like, "Society", and handing it in as an assignment, to test the theory, it was not met with approval.
So, I'm gonna give it a crack now.
A pile of dogshit from a street in Eureka, California, to be precise.
During one of my Year 12 art classes, I pondered on how it seemed that anything could be justified as art. If done by an artist, of course.
Of course, when I considered taking a photograph of dogshit on a pavement, calling it something pretentious with a hollow metaphor like, "Society", and handing it in as an assignment, to test the theory, it was not met with approval.
So, I'm gonna give it a crack now.
On its own, the picture looks fairly grimy. So, how do we make it more "artsy"?
Simple.
As eveyone knows, photographs take on a hint of class when they're in black and white.
So, I opened the picture in Photoshop, desaturated it, added a diffuse glow to jazz it up a bit and this is what I came up with. Presenting Exhibit B:
"Society", The Great Blog of Randomness.
Not bad, eh?
But it's missing something. Something to cap it off. The final touch.
Ah, I know!
Presenting, Exhibit C:
"Society" (Framed), The Great Blog of Randomness.
Nothing says "art" like a gilded picture frame!
Now it looks good enough to hang in the Tate Modern. Art Grants, here I come!
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