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Originally posted by 450knotOffice
And as far as I'm concerned, they are art.
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You call that "artwork" ?? Taking a good photo and using Photoshop?? Some may like it, personally I find them very un-original... Yes, art is very subjective, and countless schools have each proposed their own ways to define quality, yet they all seem to agree in at least one point: once you have accepted their aesthetic choices, the value of your work is determined by its capacity to transcend the limits of its chosen medium in order to strike some universal chord. The only universal chord here is using Photoshop and other digital programs to tweak a certain medium - not much originality there.
"Pure" art is aesthetic rather than utilitarian. Purely aesthetic objects can be said to have, at the very least, entertainment value, which can be considered useful. There is nothing PURE about what Alan does. Is it entertaining, yes, for some. Is it art, I think not.