Does conceptual art reduce the entire idea of art to meaninglessness?
Duchamps Fountain opened the door for a generation of artists who took a seemingly assortment objects and activities and labeled them as art. Yet the magic performed in transforming the prosaic into art was little more than a sleight-of-hand. Although much conceptual art did generate genuine art experiences, those experiences were not created by the physical art objects seemingly at their center, but by the concepts and context that came attached to them. This in itself was confusing enough, but in addition one of the chief concepts used as an element in conceptual art was the concept of art itself, leading many people including many of the artists themselves –to the false conclusion that the nature of art had been altered. In actuality, all that had happened was that concepts and non-material elements had been added to the media available for use by artists. Q: Why do artworks go in-and-out of popularity? Shouldn’t good art always be good? A: Society as a whole is interested in diffe
