The document discusses the definitions and nature of art. It explores what distinguishes art from other objects and experiences, examining factors like the intentions of the creator, the role of the audience, and the cultural and historical contexts of the work. The document also provides several examples of modern and contemporary artworks to illustrate different styles and perspectives on what can be considered art.

1. Art(?) What are we appreciating?

4. Source: “Art or Bunk” by Ian Ground, 1989

7. Is every object a work of art?

9. Example: Choosing where to sit in the park typically involves some kind of aesthetic decision

11. Is this elephant making Art? Why or why not?

12. Denver Zoo – elephant painting

13. “From an anonymous and abstract place, tied to intellectual activity, the gallery becomes a concretely real space, open to stimulating all the senses. “ “emblem of rationality subduing nature” – the Enlightenment Jannis Kounellis - Untitled - 1969

17. Cy Twombly ,Untitled , 1970 Crayon and house paint on paper 27 3/4 x 39 3/8 in. (70.5 x 100 cm)

18. JEAN ARP, Collage Arranged According to the Laws of Chance, 1916–1917. Torn and pasted paper, 1’ 7 1/8” x 1’ 1 5/8”. Museum of Modern Art, New York

19. Nature vs. Art

20. Vik Muniz, “Pictures of Clouds”, 2001

21. ‘Alba’ is a transgenic albino rabbit: She contains a jellyfish gene that makes her glow green when illuminated with the correct light. “GFP Bunny” has raised many ethical questions and sparked an international controversy about whether Alba should be considered art at all….

23. Paul McCarthy's sculpture "Complex Shit" (2008)

24. Figure 22-23 MARCEL DUCHAMP, Fountain, (second version), 1950 (original version produced 1917). Ready-made glazed sanitary china with black paint, 12” high. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia

26. Carl Andre, “Equivalent VIII”, 1989 Fire bricks

28. Jean Dubuffet “dhotel nuance d'abricot” Beauty?

29. Courbet, Les Baigneuses , 1853

31. French performance artist Orlan, who has dedicated herself to embodying classic beauty as found in the works of Leonardo and Botticelli through multiple plastic surgeries Detail from The Birth of Venus , by Sandro Botticelli, 1486

32. Barry McGee aka Twist Context

33. Barry McGee aka Twist Context

34. Context

35. Vs. Appearance vs. Intention

36. Waving vs. Drowning

37. Robert Rauschenberg , White Painting , 1951

38. “ I use the pollen or the beeswax, which I did not create. I participate in the most beautiful things in the world, which I could never create. I could never create this beauty of the pollen. So the tragedy for me would be if I tried to make a painting out of pollen.“ “ for me, the sky is much more important than trying to make a painting that is a symbol for the sky. “

40. Wolfgang Laib Milk stone 1980 marble and milk 2.6 (h) x 91.9 (w) x 74.2 (d) cm

41. Martin Creed, Work No. 850, 2008 Work No. 850 centers on a simple idea: that a person will run as fast as they can every thirty seconds through the gallery in the Tate Britain. Each run is followed by an equivalent pause, like a musical rest, during which the grand Neoclassical gallery is empty.

42. Felix Gonzales-Torres,untitled, 1991

43. Tom Friedman 1,000 Hours of Staring 1992-97 stare on paper 32 1/2 x 32 1/2 in.

44. John Baldessari, “I will not make any more boring Art”, 1971

48. Marina Abramović, The Artist Is Present, 2010