How do we define Art?

I had the idea to do a series of self portraits of myself, looking down at my dick, all in the same position, just different locations. They would be called Dick 1, Dick 2, Dick 3 etc.

Could this be called art?

There would be numerous interpretations about just exactly what was meant with this, beyond the artist himself.

Would the art be this interpretive viewing? Or would it be the search for meaning? Would it be the challenge by the artist to his viewers to find meaning?

Ultimately it comes down to the interaction between the artist and the viewers. Is not there were the art lies? In that ever-changing, ethereal, mythical place called perception?

Is not that mystical knowledge that you gain when viewing a painting the art? What you see and experience, and how you perceive the 'vision' of the artist - is not that art? The artists' ability to touch you, to touch your mind and to change who you are.

For that moment he takes control and define your views and experience.