it’s just boring as hell, and people pretend it has some meaning and magic power over them. like everyone’s walking around tripping balls all the time.
You sound like a devout mormon talking to an ex-mormon right now. You don’t even believe what you’re saying.
I’m well into my 30s, and I have made every effort to enjoy art for decades now. I learned to play an instrument. I have listened to a wide variety of musical genres. I have been to many art museums. I took the required art and music classes in college. Some of my friends are artists and musicians, and I am exposed to their stuff too.
Thats the fault of the artist. Or yours if you dont read what ever little blurb they usually get displayed with.
Which brings me to what i hate about contemporary art, a lot of it is coiled in personal and unshareable stories or ideas that you will likely miss. But it seems like many artists arent aware their art is basically the same as tearing a page out of a diary and expect their pieces explain themselves. I’ve seen incredible art pieces that artist was there for to explain the piece.
One example was an Iranian artist who studied in my school’s Masters program had a display piece of a date cut into 20 pieces and each piece on it’s own tiny pedestal spread throughout the walking space of this gallery. It was a representation of iranian prisoners having given no more than a date and water for 20 days.
It’s really a moment for ideas to manifest in ways we dont usually have them in regular day to day like. A simple story of a date over 20 days is one thing, but to see the pieces physically taking up a space is different. You dont think just how much a single date is.
My point is the artist has to be there to help explain the work for those curious. You can tell what artist is full of shit, what artist just likes to make things, and what artist has a lot to think about.
it’s just boring as hell, and people pretend it has some meaning and magic power over them. like everyone’s walking around tripping balls all the time.
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no it’s more like religion
You sound like a devout mormon talking to an ex-mormon right now. You don’t even believe what you’re saying.
I’m well into my 30s, and I have made every effort to enjoy art for decades now. I learned to play an instrument. I have listened to a wide variety of musical genres. I have been to many art museums. I took the required art and music classes in college. Some of my friends are artists and musicians, and I am exposed to their stuff too.
It’s all boring and it’s always been boring.
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damn right
Maybe it's subjective and they are having an authentic emotional reaction to it?
not unless everyone else is just walking around on acid all the time
Looking at art can be like getting into some sort of long running story, theres lots of backstory you have to bring in with you
there’s no story though
Thats the fault of the artist. Or yours if you dont read what ever little blurb they usually get displayed with.
Which brings me to what i hate about contemporary art, a lot of it is coiled in personal and unshareable stories or ideas that you will likely miss. But it seems like many artists arent aware their art is basically the same as tearing a page out of a diary and expect their pieces explain themselves. I’ve seen incredible art pieces that artist was there for to explain the piece.
One example was an Iranian artist who studied in my school’s Masters program had a display piece of a date cut into 20 pieces and each piece on it’s own tiny pedestal spread throughout the walking space of this gallery. It was a representation of iranian prisoners having given no more than a date and water for 20 days.
It’s really a moment for ideas to manifest in ways we dont usually have them in regular day to day like. A simple story of a date over 20 days is one thing, but to see the pieces physically taking up a space is different. You dont think just how much a single date is.
My point is the artist has to be there to help explain the work for those curious. You can tell what artist is full of shit, what artist just likes to make things, and what artist has a lot to think about.
sounds tedious and bad at conveying a message
some people find entertainment in pondering ideas.
yeah, but not artists
Actually have more respect for someone who notices that bougie art is shit, rather than pretend it's good against their own feelings.
Some art can be ok. I guess keep an open mind and don't feel pressured to be into shit that you're not.