Art is a circumstantial term based on individual interpretation. I would be so bold, too bold perhaps, to say that anything has the capacity to be art so long as a single person can identify it as such. So how does one identify something as art? I believe if something conjures a degree of contrapasto thinking, or inspires contemplation, it could be identified as art. "Art" is not art so long as a person does not perceive it as so; conversely, "art" remains art so long as any one person believes it deserves to be recognized as such. Only the individual has a right to define art, it is not a collectively definable term. I believe the piece of art that most effectively portrays my point is "This is not a Pipe" by René Magritte, pictured below.
