But... is it Art?

"The Singing Butler" by Jack Vettriano

He out-sells Monet and Van Gogh on coffee cups, mousepads and dishtowels... Critics scorn this million dollar pop art as "soulless" and "inoffensive enough". (That's interesting...perhaps they were looking for something more along the lines of a Mohammad cartoon?) Anyway, art by Jack Vettriano has been as successful as it has been scrutinized since being publicly displayed in the early '80s. His painting "Dance Me To The End Of Love" is being auctioned in Edinburgh next month despite the fact that gallery owners refuse to show his paintings. Read More...

I think the critics out there should give the man a break. He paints what he likes, how he likes AND he has an audience for it. More power to him. At least his success is arriving while he is alive.

As for what constitutes "bad art"? I don't know. Given art is an expression of the artist, does ones distaste for a certain style or lack of artistic prowess make the artist, then, "bad"? It doesn't work this way but the snobbery can make it seem that way.

Bad art isn't really that bad anyway... Or is it? Visit the Museum of Bad Art.



And, while we're on the subject, check out one of my favorite stops: Bad Art I'm Compelled to Share.




File Under : Bad Art, Fine Art, and If Bad plus Wrong is Badong is Bad plus Art Badart?

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