Art between Intent & Interpretation

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When one creates a piece of art, sends it out into the world and opens it up to the prying eyes of an audience, is that art then, the property of said audience? Has the artist forfeit the rights over the meaning of the art piece and is it now at the mercy of said audience? Is interpretation superior to intent?

Art & About: Aesthetics of a Genocide

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Any occupier targets art and artists because any expression on the part of the occupied is rebellion, therefore art is first and foremost a rebellion. That is why, when the Occupying state of Israel banned the Palestinian flag, they also banned artists from using the colours red, black and green from paintings, they banned artists from painting watermelons, and people from carrying watermelons.