I really enjoyed our field trip to NYC to tour the Whitney Museum and MoMA. Our tour of the museums, especially with the tour guides, got us think about what makes art art. The true definition of art varies from person to person. There's no denying art is subjective. People deem whether art is art based on their personal beliefs and experiences. Take Jenny Holzer's Protect Project-Redaction Paintings for instance. Although the redaction paintings are copied documents from the internet, they are blown up to emphasize a point--that as Americans we have access to these facts through the Freedom of Information Act, yet hardly anyone knows anythin about this war in the Middle East. Instead, we rely on the biased media ato tell us what's going on. Also, Holzer puts her own take on these "redaction paintings" (redaction meaning to edit and make ready for publication). I think art is different for each person. It is how individuals express their ideas and communicate their beleifs. Jenny Holzer just does this in a way that some people disagree with. If this isn't art, than what is it? Just an aesthetic opinion? It's up to us to decide.
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