PRO MATTER OF FACT

Timothy Binkley's 1977 institutional theory of art as stated in Yanal's 'The Institutional Theory of Art' is perhaps one of the only attempts at defining what constitutes art that truly resonates with me.

"To be a piece of art, an item need only be indexed as an artwork by an artist."

As simple as his statement is, I definitely consider it a breath of fresh air in a world laden with convoluted explanations and flowery language. It makes perfect sense. It doesn't exclude anyone as artist and doesn't exclude any object as art;

"Art is what artists index as art; and artists, presumably, are those who index objects as art."

I feel that most of what we read could have been written with half the amount of ink or paper wasted and yet the same concepts could still be interpreted the intended way.

Life is too short to waste time and space. That being said, have a great day :)