I’ve been spending the last couple days thinking about the value of art. I’m giving a short talk for Intermountain Opera on the subject in Bozeman the end of this week. Talk about opening a Pandora’s Box!
After some significant deliberation I’ve come to a conclusion, not anything earth shattering or especially insightful, but a conclusion nonetheless. This is it. The value of art is made up of three components: intrinsic value “Art for Art’s Sake”; commercial value “You paid how much for that stuffed shark”; and social value “Society is remembered by the art it leaves behind”.
There’s my philosophizing! Now go look at art.
Let’s keep in touch,
Marshall
Photo credit: Damien Hirst and Hirst Holdings/Tate Modern/PA Wire
YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WITH THAT OPINION.
Art is one of the most ephemeral topics of conversation while also a law of social and cultural conclusions. “Well if you don’t appreciate “that” you are nothing but an unsophisticated clod.”