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> If art is intended to garner a reaction - Pollock accomplishes that in spades.

So does The Human Centipede series.

That's probably been more successful in that regard, in fact.

So do Bukkake films.

I do not see your point.

My point is that equating art with trolling, and vice-versa, leads to absurdity.

Or not, depending on what you want "art" to encompass.

Dada as a specific example was basically trolling in response to the absurdity of the world at the time.