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.:

teacup + spoon + saucer + fur

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