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Yes in Australia it wasn't a movement that reflected the working class. It was a middle class movement.
January 21, 2020 at 04:17
@"Yes, because there was a vast working class, unemployed, disenfranchised, angry culture that existed, had their own cultural references and felt its...
January 21, 2020 at 04:13
Art and culture are inextricably linked. Except for hermits , consciousness develops in a culture. So an artists culture will be reflected in their ar...
January 21, 2020 at 04:06
Possibly in the US punk culture had different roots, But in Australia and Britain this is how it started.
January 21, 2020 at 04:01
In the 70s Malcolm Mclaren as a joke created a punk group - the Sex Pistols Punk culture grew out of that. Its not that simple, but everything cultura...
January 21, 2020 at 03:57
Quite possibly
January 21, 2020 at 03:51
'Art is an expression of human consciousness. And art work is information about an artists consciousness and subconsciousness' I ask respectfully that...
January 21, 2020 at 01:18
Pivotal artists throughout history owned the definition of art.They took the definition of art away from the powers that be. It is why they are pivota...
January 21, 2020 at 01:06
Why would you want to change the definition of art? Past artists who changed the definition of art: Van Gogh, Pollock, Lichtenstein, Postmodernism was...
January 21, 2020 at 00:35
The following is my understanding of consciousness.It draws largely on the work of Jean Piaget: Consciousness We all have an understanding of ourselve...
January 21, 2020 at 00:16
@"Bartricks" You are describing Gainsborough's consciousness. Sorry I should post my understanding of consciousness . It will take a while I type with...
January 20, 2020 at 23:52
@"Bartricks" The way to prove your assumption is to find fault with the following definition: 'Art is an expression of human consciousness. An art wor...
January 20, 2020 at 23:31
@"Bartricks" There is nothing wrong with your test. In any society it is theKing who decides what is art. We get a bit off topic if we define who the ...
January 20, 2020 at 22:33
@"jgill" You are an artist. I bet by varying the formula you could learn to control the patterns / colours produced. Ive never seen anything like that...
January 20, 2020 at 22:16
@"Bartricks" yes the artifact would provide information about the creator and the culture -we cant predict specifically what information it would prov...
January 20, 2020 at 21:48
Wow so many good responses. Thank you all. Exactly, that is why I brought the topic up here. It is also frustrating for an artist because their intent...
January 20, 2020 at 03:30