Oh, and the cynic in me says "Why didn't she plan on serving Raspberry Jam on crumpets to each person who walks in the exhibition, in order to increase the visceral reaction?" :rolleyes:

The answer to that question is easy: because crumpets don't have the right texture/consistency.

How do YOU kn... oh, never mind.

Conceptually, it brings up a LOT of rich discussion - which I applaud. I ALWAYS love it when art pushes broundries, even if I don't like my boundries pushed upon. If she faked it, well, it would have been better if she didn't first claim to create the piece as more than a conceptual piece of art.

I think the fact that she chose to artificially inseminate herself is extremely interesting. (I would've taken the opportunity to justify my slutdom.;))

Very interesting. I love that is it causing a stir at Yale - which has such a fantastic art program at the moment (one of the best in the country.)

Ch-ch-check this out ...
 

IMO, this doesn't belong in this thread. Because (again, IMO), the crap in the OP was not art (the subject matter; not the poster). This is.

My bad. I thought the thread subject had morphed into What Is Art?.

Kevin, I know that it is your opinion that the OP is not art. I don't agree with you - but I don't have an appreciation for her work, exactly. Only an interest in furthering the discussion of what art is and is not, or should and should not do.

Helen's related "what is art" question is really what I had intended to provoke by posting the controversy. I think it belongs here as much as in its own thread.

I definitely wasn't trying to slam Helen's post. Quite the opposite: I felt her post was much closer to what I would consider art. I feel that it soils Helen's link.

And as we both have alluded, art is in the eye of the beholder. I personally believe that it is NOT art just because one labels it as such. Pushing boundaries is one thing, but I believe that this (and smearing feces, et. al.) is over the line. It is not art, it is gross stupidity.

I am sure that I will be slammed for this opinion, but it is how I feel. I intentionally stayed out this conversation before, but I guess that is over now.

I'm not going to slam you for the opinion. Not at all. One doesn't start a discussion because they want to hear only one side of an argument. (Or, one shouldn't!)