Folk art describes a wide range of objects that reflect the craft traditions and traditional social values of various social groups. These art works from 'common folk' are generally produced by people who have little or no academic artistic training, nor a desire to emulate "fine art". In the collectibles and antique industry, these items are categorized by established techniques and styles of a particular region or culture. Along with painting, sculpture, and other decorative art forms, some also consider utilitarian objects such as tools and costume as folk art.
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The music sub-genre known as anti-folk (or antifolk) takes the earnestness of politically charged 1960s music and subverts it. The defining characteristics of this sub-genre are hard to pin down, as they vary from one artist to the next. Nonetheless, most would accept that the music tends to sound raw or experimental; it also generally mocks the seriousness and pretension of the established mainstream music scene in addition to mocking itself.
.... yeah so maybe i'm antifolk. because my work is apparently like "folk art". although i can't really relate to that in some ways because i don't really have any specific heritage or anything. but i like to use craft techniques and i don't have any desire to make "fine art". i just want to make what i want for whatever reason. impulse art. actually the whole of calling something art seems to over burden it before you even look at it or think about it. my goodness i'm boring myself.
i made my own pizza. and when i say "made my own" i mean "scraped the ham and shit off the top and put on some tuna and sweetcorn".
