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Originally Posted by jwb
It's not that arbitrary.
In terms of painting, it's visual the same way music is audio. You shouldn't need an explanation for why a song is good to like it. Either it sounds good or it doesn't. Same way you shouldn't need an explanation for why a painting is actually brilliant.
It's a visual medium. If the visual doesn't capture it then the painting failed do what it's supposed to.
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I mean nothing is that simple. The signed urinal isn't anything to look at but as an attack on the art world's entrenched ego it's great. But in that case the context isn't so much an explanation as it is that if you weren't there at the time you wouldn't be aware of how the presentation of the piece was itself the art and so you'd need it explained.