MODERN ART

[thomasallencummins]

FROM Wikipedia
Modern art is sometimes viewed as a degenerate form of art by antimodernists as it may seem to require relativley no skill, thought or research to produce. It may also be considered degenerate because it may portray things at their worst; instead of the inspiring and heroic works of old, modern art often shows the crude vices of mankind in explicit and uncivilized terms. Many would agree that the vast sums of money made by modern artists is plainly unjust for the lack of time and effort it takes to create. Modern art was heavily criticized (some would say misunderstood) while it was being produced. People complained that modern art was indistinguishable from non-art (such as a solid-colored canvas, a pile of assorted objects, random cacophony (in the case of music) or, in the case of performance art, a mentally ill person).



Though I do sometimes marvel at the creativity of "Modern" artists I am much more often left with the thoughts and feelings that the above criticism implies. I am not a fan of chaos for the sake of chaos. To explore the boundaries of what is possible whether or not it is appealing in any conceivable way beyond the effort itself. But that's just me. ;D

[prorider514]

brilliant isnt it?

[ram]

I'm ambivalent about modern art, too. I support the intentions of most modern artists, if not necessarily the...resultant product of those intentions.

I think it depends on the medium. For example, I have no problem with modern abstract paintings. I love looking at a painting of any kind. A painting will quietly hang there on the wall and allow my eyes to wander over it, letting my thoughts flow with it. Even if it's just some immense canvas of varying shades of blue and red, I'm cool with that. At least paintings don't argue with you.

What I normally avoid is so-called "performance" art. But it still depends a lot on the artist. The proverbial scenario of some guy rolling around in manure or whatever does nothing for me. But that's on the extreme end of the spectrum.

The famous Campbell soupcan paintings of Andy Warhol posted here is a great example of modern art that can be visually interesting without being offensive (unless you really hate Campbell's soup).

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Haha, I'm not a fan of modern art much. Or abstract for that matter. Performance art, well, as Ram said, it depends. I've seen some weird crazy stuff...

(Don't really like Warhol either...boring. )

--A