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Because it's a wall, and you're not an artist.


There are walls that are considered art, which only leaves the circular explanation: only artists can make art.


Art imo always should have at least a tiny bit of anarchic moment as it tries to relate itself to the world that is. Of it doesn't or is purely about selling or copying, it stops being art.

A guy that paints walls for his job, isn't doing art, just because he holds a brush and paints a wall. But just because it is his job and it serves a function doesn't mean he couldn't create art when he paints a wall. In the end it is a lot about the mindset of the artist and how they are willing to involve others with that mindset.




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