while trying to keep this civil, and not going off on one...I'd agree with that to an extent - there is a lot of art that requires the explanation which isn't at all evident in the work - but as with most 'high culture'
- for want of a much better term like literature, or theatre, or film etc. - art which is really worth while lies within a discourse which may be exclusive to the artist, or
to a collective, or movement etc which needs a level of understanding to appreciate the themes, motives etc. And, contextually - in the
history of art - some things seem strange now, - like 3 blank canvases - but made perfect sense at the time, like when you see really shit, over the top acting
in old films; it wasn't considered shit, or over the top at the time, it made perfect contextual sense at the time. We're just looking at it from a completely different viewpoint.
Anyway, that's my piece, :)
(- for want of a much better term like literature, or theatre, or film etc. - art which is really worth while lies within a discourse which may be exclusive to the artist, or
to a collective, or movement etc which needs a level of understanding to appreciate the themes, motives etc. And, contextually - in the
history of art - some things seem strange now, - like 3 blank canvases - but made perfect sense at the time, like when you see really shit, over the top acting
in old films; it wasn't considered shit, or over the top at the time, it made perfect contextual sense at the time. We're just looking at it from a completely different viewpoint.
Anyway, that's my piece, :)
rduke "you can buy most things in most shops",
Sat 20 Mar 2010, 1:08,
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