Can "Shock Art" and its development in time still be considered as art? Can there be an answer?

Title: Can "Shock Art" and its development in time still be considered as art? Can there be an answer?
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Can "Shock Art" and its development in time still be considered as art? Can there be an answer?

Shock art is any type of artwork that employs shock to make a point, ask a question, or purely to capture the audience's attention. These days everything has changed. The very meaning of the word 'Art' has become compromised. It is a common opinion within the public today that art is only valued for its ability to shock. And if it isn't shocking - it isn't art! In art, taboo images are no longer taboo. That …showed first 75 words of 1392 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1392 total…rubbish to another. The measure of the artistic worth of anything is personal. This is why there will always be an un-ending debate about this subject. Bibliography http://www.whitecube.com/html/artists/tre/tre_frset.html (06/01/04) http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Museum/4686/hirsthome.html ((06/01/04) http://www.philosophistry.com/archives/2003/04/000055.html (08/01/04) http://www.haberarts.com/schiele.htm (11/01/04) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/465169.stm (11/01/04) http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/turnerprize2003/story/0,13925,1075964,00.html (11/01/04)

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