Fear by Karen Hatzig Found object assemblageSince the St. Augustine Record decided to give the last story about our legal battle the unfortunate title of "Is It Art?", once again we gotta go back and explain that this whole thing is not about........is it art? Hell, everything is art brother! Lets get it straight that the courts were asked to decide what art is "fully protected" under the U.S. Constitution. Here is what they determined......pictures and sculpture is fully protected speech....Now how hard can this be? Not jewelry, not counterfeit designer goods, not painted t-shirts not mercantile goods.
We gotta deal with statements like:
"What if I painted a mustard face on a hot dog and called it sculpture?
"Why don't I just put a frame around my beaded necklace and sell it that way"
" I don't agree"
"Photographers just press a button, that's not art"
Here is our final response........................................................................................nothing ............................................we have exhausted ourselves trying to explain. Many people actually believe that their opinion is the way it is without any research or inquiry into the matter. There is nothing wrong with disagreement, but read the court decisions before you can make a judgement on your own. Of course most will not do this and they will continue to fondle, caress and cherish their erroneous opinions until they drop in the grave.
More opinionated comments after a letter from a local arts doyenne
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