[Leica] is it art yet?

[Guy Bennett <guybnt@idt.net>]

>John,
>
>Please forgive me if this sounds argumentative, I don't mean it that way.  I
>often wonder about art, because whether painting, sculpture or photography
>most of the time I don't get it. I had never heard of Eggleston before this
>thread, so I checked out the site from the URL. What makes any of these
>photos anything more than very poor snapshots other than a great PR person?
>What makes a figure of a woman clothed in rotting meat art? What makes most
>modern paintings art? For some of the more well know artists, I sort of
>accept that it must be art, and something must be wrong with me because I
>just don't get it. For the rest I just scratch my head.
>
>A very confused Ken


ken,

hit the books!

guy