The "sitting and smiling" guy sat and smiled for 8 hours straight yesterday

That doesn’t matter. It is in the eye of the viewer. Practical, every day items, or specific elements of it can be considered art. If you go to a modern art and design museum you will see telephones, cars, or even man hole covers whose design elements are considered note worthy.

Look - we had this argument in the art world decades ago: What is art?

For a long time Art was both an exploration of expression AND technique. Before we understood the foundations of how to draw and render things correct with perspective, proper composition, etc. people were fighting to figure that out. But eventually they did and then it was an effort to render subjects realistically, or apply the paint that works the best.

But eventually every well trained artist could draw well, and then the exploration became subject matter and technique. And from there people pushed the boundaries of “What is art?” From the Dadaists with the completely absurd and surreal, to the Pop Artists using popular culture and every day items, to abstract expressionists using no discernible subject, and everything in between. The whole Modern Art movement was rebelling against the previous movements, and contained a bunch of conflicting movements pushing boundaries.

When it all shook out, it became acknowledged that anything can be art. Anything. It just requires someone to experience and appreciate it.

Now, like I said, is it GOOD? That is completely subjective.

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