Art Vs. Product
Art ≠ Product
Art > Product
Products = Objects = Things = Stuff, which includes but is not limited to: canvas, paint, pencils, crayons, marker, pen, bronze, wood, clay, film, paper, ink, resin, glass, stone, steel, water, grass, plastic, textiles, thread, spools, bobby pins, lightbulbs, suitcases, teacups, urinals, soup cans, mannequin parts, tchotchkes, xylophones, cellophane-wrapped hard candies, TVs, toy boats, taxidermied animals, mirrors, surf boards, cassette tape, bowling balls, cars, etc.
Art ≥ Object(s) + Creativity/Imagination/Expression/Meaning/Context/Juxtaposition
e.g.:
upside down urinal + “R. Mutt”
Campbell’s Soup cans + screenprint
rainbow colors + mannequin legs + wall
mannequin + fabric + hot pads + vintage toys + synthetic hair + seesaw
endless supply of multicolored cellophane-wrapped candies + pile + gallery corner
dozens of TVs + neon lights + map of the continental U.S.
wood + stainless steel cable + steel + cable
16 salvaged folding chairs + circle
wool carpet + melty-ish deconstruction
Great Salt Lake + jetty + spiral
Art ≥ Ideas/Actions +/− Object(s) + Creativity/Imagination/Expression/Meaning/Context/Juxtaposition +/− Time
e.g.:
sitting in a chair + 1,565 strangers + silent staring + 736 hours and 30 minutes over 3 months
two men + getting hit in the head with pillows + 3 minutes
a person + a block of ice + the streets of Mexico City + 9 hours
comedy + art history/criticism + major bling + hip hop music
political activism + feminism + data + gorilla masks
woman in a little black dress & heels + ladder + paint + The Border Fence
Art : Product :: Music : MP3 :: Dance : Dance Shoes :: Literature : Paper :: Whole : Part
Economic Value ≤ Art ≥ Intrinsic Value
whereas
Economic Value ≥ Product ≤ Intrinsic Value