Faking It

Can a person actually fake their way into the art world, or do they just enter it as anyone else might and have an accelerated introduction? In other words, does the crash course in faking being an artist really faking it, or did he just actually learn to be an artist? It seems to me that all he's doing is creating art in his own way and shown how to B.S. his way through refining the ability to express his thoughts.

Another thing I thought was interesting was the fact that the guy very clearly had some talent before going into the challenge. His initial drawings show some skill in illustrating his self-portrait. That leads me to think that if the "experts" really thought they could turn a common person into an artist by letting them fake the things that go with the art world, one of two things must have happened:

1. They must have taken a person with no talent and trained them in how to create art without influencing the product, which is essentially impossible, or...
2. They would have had to present the art to critics the way they did in the video, without the "artist" present, with a statement by the artist himself as the way to fake art.

As it was, it's more about fooling the critics into thinking he's an artist by giving him glasses and a new wardrobe. As it is, the guy really was an artist. I reiterate the thing I've been standing by since the beginning of the class: It is art, so he is an artist, but it falls on the individual audience member to decide whether it's good or bad.

In the video, the statement is given: "To talk about art, you need to understand it." Understanding art, in my view, is a spectrum that doesn't include a lack of understanding. Everyone understands art in their own unique way.

Therefore, I think that the guy will succeed, because with art, it's really really hard to be wrong, if you believe that it's possible to be.