My Grandmother Is An Artist - 897 Words

I recently asked my grandmother, what is art? My grandmother is an artist and has been one for over fifty years, so I thought she was the best choice to give an opinion on the matter. She described art as being an expression of one’s self; that almost anything could be considered art or artistic. She was a sculptor, so I found her opinion to be a little surprising; she wasn’t a new age type artist, but a trained fine artist who has been featured in museums. She told me that many different forms of entertainment were not considered to be art or artistic at first such as film or photography. She says this is common for developing art forms in their formative years, but once they reached the mainstream and are popular enough, they are then considered to be a legitimate art form. She reminded me that different styles of art were at times not considered to be true art. She discussed how the Nazis deemed certain works to be degenerate and not true art. 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