Throughout art history there have been many art movements, and terminology that has gone along with these changes in the art world. One of the most recent terms coined by Nicolas Bourriaud is relational art or relational aesthetics. Bourriaud noticed that artists were not approaching art differently and they approached it as a set of artistic practices that represent social themes. And this takes art out of the individual and private ideas. Art facilitator Ben Lewis noticed this turn in art and terms and the role of artwork in society and the real world and he reflects on the idea that anyone could be an artist and that this new idea in art has made artists believe that as he says "because we're artists we know better." All this talk about changes in art and the terms that come along with me made me question the importance of even giving art terminology. Does it matter what an artists type of work falls under? Does being called a certain kind of art make you more profitable or likable? Isn't art supposed to be about the practice not the production, about the sense of visual experience the public gets?
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