Week 7 Q&A 02

"If Object A is perceptually indistinguishable from Object B and Object B is considered art, what is Object A?"

If two things are perceptually indistinguishable from the other and one is art, it does not make the other thing art by proxy. Even if they are visually the same, the content and meaning behind the pieces can be completely different from each other. In the book, Danto used the Brillo Box example. The Brillo Boxes look no different from each other, but their content is completely different from each other. The Brillo Box in the museum is trying to make some statement about life or something. The Brillo boxes found in the store are just trying to hold the Brillo pads; that is it's only purpose. That's why the Andy Warhol pieces are in a museum, but all other Brillo Boxes are on Supermarket shelves.