Wednesday, October 8, 2008

discussion questions

1. How important to a piece of artwork is the title? How much can the title change the interpretation of a piece? Is the title inherently part of the artwork, or should the artwork be considered without it?

2. If Duchamp's Fountain and other pieces like it were intended as a "screw you" statement, to be shocking and ironically placed on a pedestal, now that such art pieces are appreciated, accepted, and non-ironically placed on a pedestal, do they still retain their artistic value?

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