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.
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