You look at something, and it makes you feel a certain way, think a certain way, say to yourself - wow, I've never seen anything like this before - isn't this a big part of artistic merit?
That's the part that vanishes once the art influences the world enough that it becomes commonplace.
You can say the same about the work of Russian Constructivists[1] and Suprematists. What's artistic about fonts that look like Helvetica? What's artistic a literal Black Square?[2]
Or, you can ask, what's artistic about this building[3] - it looks just about like any other modern building, the standard box-with-glass look with a cylindrical wall thrown in to break up the shape.
I'll leave the answers to the reader to ponder on.
You look at something, and it makes you feel a certain way, think a certain way, say to yourself - wow, I've never seen anything like this before - isn't this a big part of artistic merit?
That's the part that vanishes once the art influences the world enough that it becomes commonplace.
You can say the same about the work of Russian Constructivists[1] and Suprematists. What's artistic about fonts that look like Helvetica? What's artistic a literal Black Square?[2]
Or, you can ask, what's artistic about this building[3] - it looks just about like any other modern building, the standard box-with-glass look with a cylindrical wall thrown in to break up the shape.
I'll leave the answers to the reader to ponder on.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_(art)
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Square
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuev_Workers%27_Club#/media/Fi...