On Aesthetics and Taste...

Why do we stop and gaze at a work of art or photo?...because it brings us pleasure. However, there could be many reasons that we find the piece 'pleasurable' to look at. There are people who find pleasure in looking at something that others find sick & disgusting, so it's still comes down to individual taste, right? No. It's been shown that "taste" is influenced our experiences...background, social class, our level of education, etc. Society often labeled people as to whether we are high class, low class or no-class based on our tastes. Well, thank you to art critic Clement Greenberg who help boost the status of people like me, for arguing the kitsch (I love that word) is art, too.