Yes but is it art?

( girlinthehole, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:12, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I think so
I'll let you know once I've been to see it in a couple of weeks
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:13, Reply)

Do you need to ask?
It looks unuseful and ugly, therefore, must be Art.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:13, Reply)

you think they are ugly?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:14, Reply)

I think they're interesting
But not pretty. No, I don't think they're pretty. So, they're ugly.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:14, Reply)

fair enough

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:15, Reply)

was it Oscar Wilde
who made the beautiful/useful qualification?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:18, Reply)

depends
"I have found that all ugly things are made by those who strive to make something beautiful, and that all beautiful things are made by those who strive to make something useful.”

that one?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:22, Reply)

don't think so
thanks anyway. Going to plague me now. It's along the lines of evaluating if an object is useful or beautiful, and if it is neither, getting rid of it
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:23, Reply)

oh, the "don't have anything in your house that isn't beautiful or useful" one?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:24, Reply)

that would be it
it is Wilde then?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:25, Reply)

William Morris apparently
“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful”
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:27, Reply)

I studied him. He was boring
I like Phillip Starke, he's my favourite designer. He's just cool as fuck.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:35, Reply)

Cheers
it was bothering my mind
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 15:35, Reply)

Like your mum.

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:09, Reply)

By that definition ...
How stands Vipros?
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Wed 16 Jun 2010, 16:07, Reply)