It is an experience, whether individual or communal. Art is what we see as real, looking through exclusivity.
Art is where the individual can recreate reality.
There are many forms of art, but in particular, both photography and painting enter passionately into the realm of reality, from a subjective perspective. Specifically, both photography and painting are an attempt to portray life. Although both have a similar subjective nature to them, photography is less impressionable because the photo is an actual image of the object. The painting seems too subjective of a portrayal to view as reality. Looking back to the Impressionist painters, importance was placed on how you feel about the subject matter than anything else.