To be a bit glib, it’s always about money. And ego, in the case of the skill involved. People here aren’t angry and insulting me because I’m technically wrong about the philosophy of aesthetics.
I’m just someone on the internet, and you should talk to other artists. If I’m guessing correctly, the response won’t be “you’re right, as long as the causal chain is intact it’s fine”.
pretty much no artists, or consumers of artistic works, would say their art is aesthetically more valuable simply because it costs more due to whatever the current economic situation is. of course there may be some correlation though, but think about whether it is causative, or perhaps the other way around (maybe art that has more aesthetic value entails they on average fetch higher prices based on however much people value their spare dollars in the current economy…).
also, artists actually aren’t the best people to ask about the philosophy of aesthetics, philosophers are. mostly because artists spend their time making art whereas philosophers spend their time actually thinking deeply about these things. (though asking an artist might be better than the average consumer, because we artists are more attuned to the relationship between the creation process and our works)
To be a bit glib, it’s always about money. And ego, in the case of the skill involved. People here aren’t angry and insulting me because I’m technically wrong about the philosophy of aesthetics.
I’m just someone on the internet, and you should talk to other artists. If I’m guessing correctly, the response won’t be “you’re right, as long as the causal chain is intact it’s fine”.
pretty much no artists, or consumers of artistic works, would say their art is aesthetically more valuable simply because it costs more due to whatever the current economic situation is. of course there may be some correlation though, but think about whether it is causative, or perhaps the other way around (maybe art that has more aesthetic value entails they on average fetch higher prices based on however much people value their spare dollars in the current economy…).
also, artists actually aren’t the best people to ask about the philosophy of aesthetics, philosophers are. mostly because artists spend their time making art whereas philosophers spend their time actually thinking deeply about these things. (though asking an artist might be better than the average consumer, because we artists are more attuned to the relationship between the creation process and our works)