Is this art?

THe problem that I have with most modern artist(pretty much all art past the 1900s) is that is doesn't say anything to me. It's just color without meaning. Even worse is when the art is just made to offend or get a rise out of people. Not all art was meant to be made but that doesn't stop people from making it. I don't respect artists like Andres Serrano. Is that art? Unfortunately, it is since the artist who made it declared it so. HOwever, simply because it is art does not make it good. AS the viewer we are only meant to do just that--view it or not to as the case may be. WE determine what it means to us but not whether it is or is not art. Artist determine what is art but as viewers we must make our opinion as to whether we like it or not. Just because it is offensive does not mean it should be destroyed or attacked, that just gives unnecessary attention to something that does not deserve it. It has the reverse effect of what the attackers may have wanted. And in the end, the attackers are no better than the artist for creating violence. If a museum or art gallery wishes to show filth like the Urine Christ, so be it but they will have one less viewer. And if everyone did that instead of buying into the hype of media and scandal, the museum would stop showing it or even boycott the artist for lack of revenue. Artists will always try to do or make something new but if people don't buy into the hype, they may try to make something worth looking at instead of making crap--literally.