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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jomo" data-source="post: 1508278" data-attributes="member: 28248">Well, yes ... and no.  I think many artists get too wrapped up in 'impact' and not enough in actual expression.  Art should be enjoyed, too.  It disturbs me the way a lot of art tries deliberately to be inaccessible.  I'm not implying that it should all be eagles flying over a waterfall or old people holding hands, but the idea that art appreciated by the masses is not really art is silly and elitist (Stephen Pinker has a few good things to say about this).Really, the art itself was never what upset people in this case.  Discussing whether or not it is indeed art, or the nature of artistic expression, is interesting.  But the extraneous issue that got people riled up in the first place has no bearing on the work's merit.  Art should stand on its own.</blockquote>