Comments on: Is art a necessity or a luxury? http://greatbritishartdebate.tate.org.uk/is-art-a-necessity-or-a-luxury/ What does art mean to YOU? Wed, 15 May 2013 10:37:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Isabelle Carbonel http://greatbritishartdebate.tate.org.uk/is-art-a-necessity-or-a-luxury/comment-page-1/#comment-289 Isabelle Carbonel Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:18:28 +0000 http://greatbritishartdebate.tate.org.uk/?p=336#comment-289 I would also look into whether or not luxury is a necessity (what about a world with no luxury?)... And also at how contradictory these terms can sound: art and luxury, considering that the most passionate (true?) artists would produce art even in poverty... Unless we're talking about art spectators in socio-economical culture/entertainment and not artists themselves? A necessity, definitely, art makes us humans (with pros and cons!). A luxury... ask the accountant? I would also look into whether or not luxury is a necessity (what about a world with no luxury?)… And also at how contradictory these terms can sound: art and luxury, considering that the most passionate (true?) artists would produce art even in poverty… Unless we’re talking about art spectators in socio-economical culture/entertainment and not artists themselves? A necessity, definitely, art makes us humans (with pros and cons!). A luxury… ask the accountant?

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