What is Art? by Tim Eccles

I'm not the first to comment on the Dot craze. I do recommend finding Whoever's piece on this, and I agree. This is my statement. I'm not a fan of either extreme of the Dot argument, those who imitate it in hopes of catching the same fire, and those who rail against it. I feel this however: it is art, even if it was made ironically. It could be interperated in many ways, and it evoked a response, which are two common factors for art.
#art #donthate #dot

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painted on a Nintendo 3DS
23 Dec, 2012, 6:30 am
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Precious18

23 Dec, 2012, 6:40 am

Art to many is subjective, some may percieve it as art, while others will not. It really depends on the spectator, so to speak.

Madman_Matt

23 Dec, 2012, 6:59 am

I made a dot of my own, but just for giggles. I never understood the craze, really.

penguinz02

23 Dec, 2012, 12:41 pm

yeah, i said 'draw real art!!' in comments on those dot paintings, and, i kind of knew it was art. because i like saw the exact same thing in an art meuseum. yeah. crazy.

QWERTYD0G

23 Dec, 2012, 1:59 pm

ART,I have seen some disturbing things on colors ( a gun kiIIing thing ) it made me laugh and feel ashamed at the same time, but that is what art can do. I do wish people would be more considerate of the youfh on colors.

Whoever

23 Dec, 2012, 4:45 pm

Yeah, the dot instantly reminded me of other examples of modern art... Even though I don´t believe someone would interpret the same amount of depth in it as in "The Black Square" it certainly had a statement and it was original... Who are we to judge what is art and what is not anyway? We can´t just judge a painting on the time spent drawing it...

Mr. Karl

23 Dec, 2012, 5:02 pm

Hey this is missing Leonardo Davinci´s Monalisa or Last Dinner! I like Dali´s clocks, Migel Angel, Egiptian art, Christian art... Hmm but i dont like that white line and that dot both at bottom row. Theres no place for them in my own conception of art. :) BTW Great Painting..!

knabobar

23 Dec, 2012, 10:27 pm

agree :-) but can also understand the somewhat angry reactions, especially those he try hard to capture some likes.... sometimes the galery is somewhat not understandable, well yr new paintings are awesome, as always :-)

CaptT

24 Dec, 2012, 8:33 pm

The dot is art, but it is not a painting. It is a statement.

jhance91

28 Dec, 2012, 6:16 am

cool!

Unilegger

29 Dec, 2012, 12:38 am

I see the infamous dot has a cameo

AfRo ToAd

29 Dec, 2012, 2:15 am

Yes, yes this is art...Thanks for pointing that out.....xDD *High fives*

Bryan BJ

29 Dec, 2012, 3:13 pm

Everything is art!Everything naturally or humanly made is art!Music:Auditional art Paintings:Visual art Food:Culinary art Smell:olfative art Touch:Texture art!Everything u persieve with ur senses EVERYTHING IS ART!

ElderTrial

29 Dec, 2012, 10:39 pm

I really like this- it proves what art is (or should be) to everyone. Like!

Victor S.

30 Dec, 2012, 7:48 am

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Victor S.

30 Dec, 2012, 7:50 am

My grandmother told me there is art in everything.

Mag7gio

30 Dec, 2012, 11:00 am

Yes! I'm agree...!! This is Art! :) Really

RFam

30 Dec, 2012, 11:23 am

And then, there are artists like me, who LOVE drawing, but lack the talent of others, and get totally ignored, and then you see these..."interesting" pieces that lack effort and imagination...with over 4 gold stars. Um what?

Hoot

30 Dec, 2012, 2:38 pm

WOW, you recreated all those paintings? This drawing itself is art, lol.

Mat972

31 Dec, 2012, 2:58 am

Nice, this is art too and I think is not traced :)

legacite

03 Jan, 2013, 9:44 am

just... wow!!

Dras

04 Jan, 2013, 7:00 am

That is a lot to type out on a tiny screen.

YamiMidna

10 Jan, 2013, 4:43 pm

I agree with you :)

stefan022

25 Jan, 2013, 7:23 pm

Art is showing other people something, like how you feel, or just make no one ever forget something. But i don`t think the dot is real art

ximmer888

02 Feb, 2013, 1:29 am

Great rendering again Tim! -Ximmer

KeatonTS

10 Feb, 2013, 5:54 pm

Art is a treat to the eye.

MahagonyBoo23

10 Feb, 2013, 5:59 pm

But you this is all traced or copied...

brenna05

11 Mar, 2013, 1:40 am

wow now thats wut i call art it shoed go in the museams i like the this is art part i like the pikchers behind the this is art
brenba05

.:Brandon2:.

16 Mar, 2013, 12:51 pm

good thing its finnaly over

Ananaka

17 Apr, 2013, 1:57 am

I've never really understood "modern" art, I'm more of a "classical style" and renaisance kind of art lover. I do draw Manga, but I don't think that it is considered "modern" art.

SuperK9

18 Apr, 2013, 9:37 pm

I agree. Haters hated it so much it went off top rated! :O

Scotty Rotten

21 Apr, 2013, 9:59 am

i think a dot is not art, throwing paint at something and doing messy scribbles is not art. its ****, lazy and ****** stupid. like they say "you cant rush art". i think there are statments and there is art. yeah somepeople make statments through art. but doing something to just get a reaction from people is not art. the clock painting = art. that red peice of **** with the white line in it = not art. good work. but i dont agree with it all. well done though.

Galaxypaws

16 Jun, 2013, 3:56 pm

So just painting a meaningless dot just on purpose to only get attention ? It wasn't even supposed to be art ? No , just no. I respect your opinion but that isn't art.That is rubbish !

peachfanstar

26 Jun, 2013, 7:53 pm

The first one is art. The others are like begging and gallery flooding.

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