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Posted By: Rhys

Zach,

If you have to have a degree in Art to formulate a non-ignorant opinion of whether or not you like a piece of art, than the point of creating anything at all is completely worthless. It would be like creating a CD but only allowing people with music degrees to critique or buy it. Art is SUPPOSED to be critiqued by anyone and everyone. People with degrees might have more insight into why things are done certain ways or whatever, but it does not make the layman who looks at a piece and formulates an opinion ignorant.

When I was in law school we read a case about a Klimmt painting and I discovered that I HATE his art. To me it totally sucks and I wouldn't even call it crap, its crap that has been eaten by a dog a re-crapped. This girl sitting next to me ended up buying a Klimmt book and buying a print of his work because she liked it. That is the point, some like it and some do not. I think the artists themselves would shutter to hear anyone say you needed an art degree to formulate an opinion of their works.