If you have ever seen caricature illustrators actually produce pieces, you will see the ability to take certain attributes, magnify or reduce, and make the image look like a person we all know. To be able to focus on
those things that make us recognize them is a talent. I love them and to me they are an art form. One of the oldest and most expressive is Hirschfeld http://www.alhirschfeld.com/index2.html. The galley has great examples of caricature work. And there is a hidden puzzle in them all.
The old MAD magazineand Cracked magazine movie spoofs all featured Caricature work, as matter of fact is was the base of most of their pieces., and when we read hem, we all knew who the “ stars” were.
I am not a big fan of some of the great masters, but non-the less they are art. Personally I am graphic novel] fan. The in there is amazing and funny.

I definitely consider caricatures as a form of art. Just because it doesn't fit into the conformist idea of art doesn't mean that it isn't art. Consider all the great artist of our times and the variety of art forms that exist. Many people asked the same question when they first viewed the work of amazing artists such as Pablo Picasso (bust of a woman,) Andy Warhol (painting of high heels) or Ed Munch (Scream). Art conveys the emotions, personality and talent of the artist. Not everyone is drawn to landscapes, still life, or portraiture. Some artist see deeper than others and see the humor, pain, fury and color/aura of what they paint or draw.

I have been with others in a museum and heard them ask the question "What the heck were they thinking?" or "What drug were they on when they painted that?" For me art is a way to express the part of myself that I sometimes fail to convey aloud, whether in writing/poetry or with a paintbrush, charcoal, or graphite.

Where you place your caricatures is obviously something you will have to find comfort with.

I did a charcoal drawing of a tasteful nude female Atlas which I gave to one of my instructors. She has this drawing on the wall of her office (it's been there for over 5 years now.) However, people very close to me wanted to know why I was drawing a naked woman, and why was she black (IT WAS CHARCOAL DRAWING). But what difference does it make what her ethnicity is! Some people are just narrowed minded about art.

OOPS... sorry, stepping off my soapbox now and slinking back to my chair.

To me, caricatures is an art form. It takes talent to produce these pieces and people seem to love them. I like these myself, I can't say that I love them. They are entertaining. It's kind of like comparing Madonna to Bach. Madonna is considered a musical talent. However, I don't think her music classifies as genius or even that great. She is very entertaining. Bach was genius, classic and entertaining. There is a major difference, yet they are both considered musicians.

I classify caricatures more of art than some of those sculptures and art pieces that don't resemble anything. I mean, I don't see paying $5,000 dollars for something that looks like my 2 year old niece put together. The caricatures would be worth some money just for the entertainment of it in my opinion. I'd pay a street artist to do some of me and my son.

Everything drawn is an art form. The willingness of others to pay for it sets it's value as an art form. A guy named Frazetta just died recently and he did comic books and caricatures and has a museum with his work in it. Some of them have sold for over a million so I guess it could be lucrative.

I absolutely feel like caricatures are art. In fact, I personally believe some caricatures are amazing.

I feel like it takes just as much talent to make a caricature as it does to sit down and draw exactly what you see.
I personally tend to like caricature painting more than still life at times.

I like art in every form. I think it is personal opinion as to which type of art peaks a person interest.

Everyone has their own idea as to what is pleasing to the eye.

With the decor I have now, a caricature would not go well on the walls. But I would hang a caricature in my living room. It is just that everything around it would have to go with it. Just my thoughts!http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2389/2236094106_aac194a784_t.jpg