Interpretation...is it valid critique?

[milo]

Milo -- ''The statement "art is subjective" is a great demonstration of what a cliche is. ''

This is not so, and is, in fact, a complete misunderstanding of the term 'cliché'. Statements of fact, or opinion, may be repeated ad infinitum nauseamque. 2+2= 4 is not a cliché. Nor is 'Bananas are yellow'. The production and appreciation of art is manifestly subjective. That is what is meant. There are many examples here in all the fora and threads.

I do not agree that art or the creation of art is subjective. I agree that the appreciation or consumption of art can be subjective and even the identification but even those three rather broad statements are not universal. Iowa, art is not subjective, that is just another tired cliché