Comments on: Art or Pornography: Is There a Difference?

By: Lost in Arizona

Lost in Arizona — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:33:06 +0000

Pretty thought provoking. In the kind of society we live in nowadays, everyone is suspect to make boundaries as to what is okay and what is not. But if you think about it, considering some of the paintings they used to unveil in the salons of the 19th century, they were pretty lewd for their times. So I suppose some of the people who have their undies in a bunch about art and “pornography” would think that art was porn. Makes you think.

By: tinman

tinman — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:21:13 +0000

Ts art, I have no doubts, its clear to me. takes me back to a time when I us to whistle and ponder at a triplets painting that gives hope i can have, I have gotten six more paintings up the street where i to go for coffee. I understand art is not clear always, I do.

By: tinman

tinman — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:10:18 +0000

So true.

By: Lauren Axelrod

Lauren Axelrod — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:55:44 +0000

Interesting subject matter.

"Art is not art until somebody say's it is". I guess in someones eyes pornography can be considered art. Here's a perfect example, magazines from Playboy depict spreads anywhere from tasteful to highly sexual, depending on the context.

By: jo oliver

jo oliver — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:48:42 +0000

Good questions. People can call feces- digested food -if they want to, but at the end of the day it does not negate the fact it still stinks. So,I do not care who calls porn art, at the end of the day it still stinks.

By: Lostash

Lostash — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:59:03 +0000

Theses days the boundaries between the two are constantly blurred, I think it all depends on the viewers perspective…..just like a piece of art perhaps?