I'm going with commercial arts. I did a bit of graphics a while ago, and when you think about it, commercial art can get really awesome, quite creative and original. Plus, they can have great concepts and really clever ideas behind them, making them 'smart' as opposed to 'emotional' which I think fine arts is centered around. emotion, self-expression, all that stuff. I'm not a big fan of fine arts, so i guess my opinion here is a tad biased!

But yeh. Commercial arts rock, you can get some really great ones, so CLEVER and thought out and created with high standards. Think about it, you have to be really talented to create good commercial art, seeing as how it makes or breaks careers/businesses/etc. whereas fine arts anyone can do.

Again the bias, i really gotta stop doin that lol

I personally think that Commercial Arts could be fine art. Anything can be art really, it all depends on the people and how they view the piece of work. Every work usually sends out an image, that image can be taken for anything the person wants it to take. I think I am a little bit confused on this subject so if you think I am wrong please explain!

Comm vs. Fine
Let's Talk " Commercial Arts Vs. Fine Arts

I believe there is a very fine line... But a very definite line nonetheless. There may be a lot of art WITHIN a commercial art piece/project... But THAT doesn't make it "fine art." I think it should be "art, for arts sake" and not something that is meant to sell a product, create an image, or brand a company... Before you can consider something as "art." Otherwise it may only be "artistic or creative"... Which is not a bad thing either right?

It's true - that graphic design is an amazing form of art... And very well respected as it should be. But in most cases, the end result is to only grab attention or sell a product.

-Jeff Johnson

I'm not sure if this will make anymore sense than the first post in this topic but .....

basically fine arts i would classify as something that the person wanted to make vs. wanted to sell and there for is what the buyer wanted. this usually equates to either simple messages vs. entire stories (a movie vs. a tv commercial) and artists are usually classified as people that think to much even by other artists so they look deeper and understand a bit more than the person that buys art (why buy something you can make ? there for unable to create the art and therefor more limited understanding of abstract concepts like emotions and such) so my synopsis is this...

fine art=more complex and there for decor is fitted around it
commercial art= less complex and there for is made to fit existing decor

(i.e. buyer of art says "this painting matches my living room suite so I think I will buy it to hang in the living room" vs. "this sculpture just sums up how I feel right now so I am going to get it and buy a new living room suite to fit it")

if I think of anything else profound enough to warrant a post I will come back and do more than read others responses

and by the way these are my opinions and the opinions of the people at a local art wholesaler that I sell some of my pieces to