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Question 1: Does an art object have to serve a function to be art?
This type of question needs an answer from the one reading the question. However, I feel that an art object doesn't have to serve a function to be art. because art should speak for itself.
Question 2: Are art objects valuable in themselves, without any functions?
Art objects need to operate in some way all art exists for a cause and these motivations make up the functions of art.
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I hope this helps, L.E.
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He meant that painting murals of the rapper was their own way of honoring him and showing their respects.
Explanation:
In the article Street art of Nipsey Hussle in LA Breathes Life into Legacy the author mentioned the ways different people were grieving and making memorials for the dead rapper Nipsey Hussle, he mentioned that while the rapper's colleagues were using words to praise him, for others like Levi Ponce "paint was how they paid homage".
To pay homage means to express deep respect or to honor somebody or something.
So, the author just meant to say that painting was their (Ponce and others) way of honoring Nipsey Hussle, that is by painting murals and street art in his memory.
Connotation is the emotional and imaginative association surrounding a word. Denotation is the strict dictionary meaning of a word.
