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Antony Gormley's peoples plinth project in London's Trafalgar Square has come to an end after 100 days and the grand total of 2,400 people taking part.
But was it art ?
Any thing these days is art. Abstract paintings,papermashe, walking in the dark, eating
a sandwich while walking or sitting on a toilet sit.
It seems nothing means anything anymore.
I must say God was the best artist, to create humanity and allow them to redisign and gain from the works of his hands.
i think what made it art was the way in which it allowed an insight into real peoples lives - a little like putting big brother in a plinth with less swearing!! 😉
Modern art is pretty much anything goes but can something can only be declared art if someone likes it?
Of course it's not art - the same way a crack in the floor and someone's unmade bed isn't.
As a social study it was, as you have said, interesting - people were given an audience and an hour to express themselves - but this isn't art.
Gomerly said when asked if it was art "This is a piece of 19th century art furniture we are experimenting with, and whether it's art is irrelevant.
"We are asking very important questions about who can be represented in this extraordinary square of patriotic value - it's become a place of protest, it's become a place of celebration."
Which still doesn't answer the question - Personally I think it was a spectacle or maybe a celebration of the eccentricity and diverseness of the British public.
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