Good art is difficult to define. What may look, sound, taste, or feel good to one person could be horrible to another. Take the ever popular dispute over the band Nickleback. As I've learned, never mention this group to a bunch of community college students; they will chew you out, condemning you for ever liking that band. But the group has managed to continue to make music and successfully. So what is it about the sound? It's different, the lead's voice is gnarled as if he's screamed too loud and the guitars compliment that. The music is strange but that's not saying that it's bad.
Art in many forms take on this, sculptures and paintings that are abstract are deemed "good" because of how different they are. Differences bring out beauty, it brings out the tiny details that are sometimes overlooked. In this way they are not just good but sometimes great.
A blending of meats and vegetables would never have given us stew if one person didn't first think that it might be a good idea. Colors on canvas to form a picture that stirs emotions in people would never have happened unless one person decided that it looked good. What deems that something is good? It's more of what pleases the senses, what is different that no one has ever tried before, and what else is there to try.
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