Arbitrary Value of Art

An interesting example of some contemporary artists' opinion of the value of their art is heard from British rapper The Streets in his song "Hotel Expressionism" in which he sings about checking into a hotel, filling the iron with brandy and letting it out in steam, pouring shampoo and soap all over the carpet and upholstery etc. explaining that it is only done in big hotel chains which ca afford or are insured against damage. He also explains that in the end his credit card is charged for the damage anyway, thereby assigning his "art" it's own value, also claiming that the albums he puts out are intended to fund this. The Streets real name is Mike Skinner, he is heavily interested in western philosophy and psychology but his first album, as one of my former supervisors at Borders put it, "is great if you like hearing someone rap about smoking weed and playing playstation."