1. Does "That the classifications nevertheless hold firm" mean "the fact that, in spite of similarities, there are still differences and distinctions"?
2. Does "constituting rather than representing a product" mean "billboard artworks themselves produce something institute of represent a product"?
Context:
Indeed, a classificatory divide between art and advertising may even be seen to work to the advantage of both when, for example, advertising calls upon art to give status to a product or when art calls upon the forms and spaces of advertising to communicate in a framework that is more immediately understood by the public at large. That the classifications nevertheless hold firm is perhaps most evident in the production and display of billboard art, which, despite its often extremely close affinity with advertising, still retains a special status as art, constituting rather than representing a product.
catttt That the classifications nevertheless hold firm is perhaps most evident in the production and display of billboard art The decision of whether a particular billboard is "art" or "advertising" can be firmly defended or justified. catttt still retains a special status as art, constituting rather than representing a product. The billboard is an art object in itself, rather than simply picturing the product being advertised.
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cattttThat the classifications nevertheless hold firm is perhaps most evident in the production and display of billboard art
The decision of whether a particular billboard is "art" or "advertising" can be firmly defended or justified.
cattttstill retains a special status as art, constituting rather than representing a product.