A lot of people on Instagram are praising this artist. Can any other fellow artist here tell me what the fuck I’m missing or is this just more money laundering ? The artist is Robert Nava

    • Harukiller14 [they/them,comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      Isn't that kinda the point of the high art world though? Like when avant garde was more popular they said "you just don't get it" as a way to hand wave criticism. Now the obvious criticism is that it looks pretty childish which is true, but I can absolutely see some fart sniffing art critic saying "that's the point dummy"

      In reality all high art is just a way to move big money between benefactors and if their shitty kids are making art like 8 year olds then that's the art they're gonna buy.

    • emizeko [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      cool then it matches the artwork really well

    • dolphinhuffer [comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      Yes, however, it's a critique usually applied unfairly to abstract or process art. This is just a shitty finger painting of a shark.

    • cum_drinker69 [any]
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      4 years ago

      The artist literally describes their art as childish and paraphrased (without attribution lol) the Picasso line about having to relearn to make art like a child.

      So no, saying your dumb painting looks like finger painting from an nine year old is a completely accurate critique.