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Does that mean all commissioned work (which is a ton of the work that hangs in museums) is not really art?
How is this related to what I wrote?
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How is this related to what I wrote?
I assume the parent is implying that commissioned work is 'socially influenced', and thus by your argument, 'not art'...you are creating a piece because someone else is paying you to, not because that particular piece is just something you want to create.
Like most chefs are paid to cook but are they doing it, fundamentally, to get paid or there's really another fundamental reason driving their passion?
If someone is painting or making music for social reasons like being accepted by others, becoming famous, finding their identity in what others think of their painting/music, getting rich, etc, that's not really what art is about.
Of course this is only my opinion about a modern conception of art and what an artist is.