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There has been a lot said recently about artists coming up with ideas and getting others to make the art piece for them.
This has of cause been going on for a very long time.
When one artist decided to paint with his own brush he was recently ridiculed.
Should art be done by the artist? A lot of money is made in some cases, but is the art piece still original if made by someone else. I would of thought that a real artist would have wanted to do the piece of work him or her self from start to finish.
If they loved what they where doing and where genuine.
What do you think?

By Chris Summerfield

"When one artist decided to paint with his own brush he was recently ridiculed."

Of course, what else could be expected when acting that ridiculous.

By owhereman

Hi Chris, and O,Well what have we here lets say I have an idea re an image, I express the image to a third party, I say a third party as a thought may well have been a surpressed memmory from someone else,and then this other person relates my/? idea to canvas, what is wrong with that, I would have thought that could be fun, why? well its like your best mate rogering your best gal while your standing by just to see if he missed a bit, hopeing he does then its your right to fill in, works for me. !!!

By santana

yes well i do liken the idea of not making your own work to watching someone rogering something instead of rogering it yourself. In that respect one wonders who took the photographs, or why would you re-photograph something instead of settign up the shot yourself, even if it fails to make the point exactly - most people would still get it wouthout having the actual thing itself in the picture - which gets at the sort of illusionism that art used to be known for before peopel with no skill or talent got into the mix.

WHich brings one to the elitist argument that art requires skill and talent - which is of course open for debate.

It does seem that art is a sort fo safe zone for privileged hacks to masquerade - a point of view that is of course to be ridiculed as positively preposterous because it is in fact the truth.

But if it is true, then what value does the masquerade offer? Dwarfs at the court? Courtesans at the table? Mayhap the Egyptian mummers might enlighten us:

http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/educational/watch/v83070625fbnBQgM

By mendicant

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