Is it Art or Not Art?

[Nancy OShea]

I apologize if this offends anyone.  That's not my intent. 

Without getting political here, I wonder when art stops being regarded as art?   Who should make that decision?

Stone Mountain Monument in Georgia is the largest high relief sculpture in the world.  It took 3 lead sculptors 20 years to complete the project.  The first sculptor was Gutzon Borglum who later left the project and went on to carve Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.

This Memorial Carving, depicts three Confederates:  Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson.  The entire carved surface measures three-acres, towers 400 feet above the ground, measures 90 by 190 feet, and is recessed 42 feet into the mountain.

Is this art?  Do you think this  carving  should be permanently erased or preserved for future generations?

Nancy

[JR Boulay]

ISIS and Alqaida have already destroyed too much monuments and ancient art.
Keep yours.

(from France)