Yeah, sorry for not posting recently, I was bogged down with stuff.
Today's AEP lesson was a theory lesson, where this quote by Han Sai Por was raised, and there was this line in the quote, "If the artist says, this is art, then it is art, provided only that the artist can demonstrate a valuable idea or concept." I find that I can connect with this line the most, especially after learning about Dadaism. This art movement really made me question the definition of art. It made no sense and almost seemed like a joke to me, until I found out its background story. That cleared up the doubt. That art movement was created around the World War I era, and the artists wanted to mock society for losing its fundamental values and letting themselves get dragged into conflict, which reflects the nonsensical, random qualities about the movement
The ensuing discussion made me realize that novelty, or ingenuity is also a key part to artworks, like if artists were breaking new ground. If someone else tried to copy it it would not be as original.
Learning from various art movements made me learn that art does not necessarily have to be aesthetically pleasing and always follows the artist's intention (which may vary depending on if it's commissioned, of course).
There's this satirical cartoon, The Pinky Show, where on one episode the cartoon characters talked about museums, who decides what goes in museums, why they think it's important and so on. It had a sarcastic tone, suggesting that museums are formal, academic and like some sort of temple where people "worship" artworks.
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