The Peanuts strip of 2/16/58, posted on Facebook today by Jeff Bowles:
(#1) Schroeder on piano, Snoopy on violin, with a dance interlude; Lucy is dubious about the value of the performance
There’s at least one other Peanuts strip on this theme, from 6/21/55:
(#2) Linus makes a house of cards, Charlie Brown admires it; Lucy is dubious about it as a work of art
From my 7/21/20 posting “But is it art? Two cartoon takes”, with a Rhymes With Orange and a Zippy:
But is it Art? A perennial topic on this blog, since the label of Art is so often used invidiously. The label is associated with a (relatively) modern ethic of Art for its own sake, not just some function — which highlights the artist’s intentions, and also the artists’ location within a loosely organized art world, embracing galleries, dealers, museums, and art criticism, plus elaborate social networks of artists. The makeup of this world changes over time, so that particular makers of artistic materials who were formerly excluded from the art world or at best questionably resident there can become part of the next wave of Artists
And with an inventory of some postings of mine on Is It Art? from 2010 through 2020 (there have been at least 5 further postings since then).
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