It is the job of the modern art critic by means of Artspeak to:
make stupidity seem profound
make incompetence seem philosophical
excuse mediocrity by claiming it is something utterly new
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
IDEAS
Technique is a foundation. All great art is an exhibition of skill and technique expressing IDEAS. All three make an artwork interesting to the viewer. The purpose of anything people call art is to intrigue the viewer.
Monday, August 3, 2009
IT’S NOT DEAD
You might think that my writing proclaims contemporary art is dead
On the contrary contemporary art is alive and well. Nor is not in a sad state. What sometimes makes it seem so is that we are less and less able to see quality artwork in the modern art sections of museums. The viewer is thus unable to compare it to what is allowed to hang there.
What has declined is the sensibility of those who are considered our so-called authorities on great modern art who control what is allowed to enter museums. In fact there has been at least as much fine work produced in the last hundred years as in any other time.
On the contrary contemporary art is alive and well. Nor is not in a sad state. What sometimes makes it seem so is that we are less and less able to see quality artwork in the modern art sections of museums. The viewer is thus unable to compare it to what is allowed to hang there.
What has declined is the sensibility of those who are considered our so-called authorities on great modern art who control what is allowed to enter museums. In fact there has been at least as much fine work produced in the last hundred years as in any other time.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
I believe:
-that the great mass of the most revered Modern Art masterpieces really consists of comparatively inferior work.
-that Modern Art is primarily dependent on talk rather than artistic skill.
-that the majority of works of Modern Art created by its so-called masters are easily imitated and surpassed by a vast population of unrecognized artists who are equal or superior in skill but are destined to remain unknown because they lack proper connections.
-that Modern Art is a name game and that great prices are only paid for big names regardless of quality.
-that at some future time, when tastes change, a new consensus will decide what is worthwhile and the whole edifice of Modern Art will be negatively reassessed.
-that the astronomical present prices of so-called-modern-masterpieces will eventually collapse.
-that Modern Art is primarily dependent on talk rather than artistic skill.
-that the majority of works of Modern Art created by its so-called masters are easily imitated and surpassed by a vast population of unrecognized artists who are equal or superior in skill but are destined to remain unknown because they lack proper connections.
-that Modern Art is a name game and that great prices are only paid for big names regardless of quality.
-that at some future time, when tastes change, a new consensus will decide what is worthwhile and the whole edifice of Modern Art will be negatively reassessed.
-that the astronomical present prices of so-called-modern-masterpieces will eventually collapse.
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