Artist

The definition of an artist has become much less rigid in the 21st Century  than previously. I believe that while before art had been something only the upper class was allowed to partake in, art in the 21st Century has truly been brought to the masses. I think this ties in a lot to the public art we had to film, which could include any number of art forms including, but not limited to, sculptures and graffiti art. Such nonclassical forms as graffiti art would not have been defined in the 19th Century as true art and therefore the person that had created it would not have been a true artist. Therefore i partially believe the definition of an artist and of art has changed due to our integration of the lower classes into partaking in art along with the upper class. Now that art has become available to every class many more things must become included into art. Now artists can vaguely be defined as anyone who wants to express themselves through whichever medium imaginable. So even the maker of mass made objects can be considered an artist, because they were able to utilize a medium to express something, whether that be an idea or a feeling.