Jonathan Jones, Video Games are Undoubtedly Art
Jonathan Jones is an art critic who writes for The Guardian. Jones has not shied away from controversy in his career. Accusations of hypocrisy came about when he gave seemingly contradicting opinions on Soviet art and “far-right artworks.” Jones also found himself in controversy when claiming video games are not art. Despite these conflicts, Jones is knowledgeable about the arts and gives insightful perspectives. However, he does not understand video games and fails to recognize their artistry in his article, “Sorry MoMA, video games are not art.” Unlike chess, checkers, Life , or Monopoly video games provide a clear evolution of games into art and provide players with experiences rivaling other artistic forms. An issue from the onset of Jones’s article is the set parameters for what constitutes art. Jones refers to an Oxford debate he attended and the distinct parameters given for what art is: “A work of art is one person’s...