antiart means opposed to art, or to the concept of fine art. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “antiart” is a great word
A work or posture that fundamentally opposes traditional or established artistic principles, deliberately created to enact that challenge. From the prefix anti- ("against, opposite") + art ("creative skill or its application"). Unlike the avant-garde, which innovates from within the artistic tradition, or kitsch, which fails by its conventional standards, antiart is a deliberate sabotage of the continuum itself. It is the urinal signed 'R. Mutt,' the blank canvas exhibited, the concert of pure silence—a calculated negation that, by stripping away all agreed-upon aesthetics, becomes a stark inquiry into the nature of value.
Etymology
From anti- + art.
adj
- Opposed to art, or to the concept of fine art“Some saw them, and other Rauschenberg works, as neo-Dada, antiart gestures, for example.”
noun
- Art created in opposition to the concept of art“The weakness exists within culture itself, in the form of certain desires, dreams, and deliriums called up by "entertainment," mass culture, by certain types of antiart.”