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Is there anything that cant be called a peice of art?

These days I could get my 8yr old sister to spit on a piece of red paper & I could probably sell it for millions given the right selling pitch.

Remember the light switch in that Red Dwarf episode?


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Martin Creed greatest guy in the world, crumpled up a piece of paper and it got called art. He says he does it to see how far he can go, before it is no longer thought of as art. Or at least he said that on an interview I watched, don't know if he has changed his way of thinking lately

Some of my faves by him are
'Work No. 142' A large piece of furniture partially obstructing a door,
Work No. 121 a crumpled ball of paper in every room in a house,
Work No. 88 A sheet of A4 paper crumpled into a ball, and saving the best for last,
Work No. 79, Some Blu-tack kneaded, rolled into a ball, and depressed against a wall

So if this guy can be thought of as an artist and win the turner prize for art, then yes I think anything can be classed as art, including the spit of an 8yr old on a piece of red paper