What is so great about modern art?
A lot of people do not have an appreciation for modern art. Is it just a scam of the artist pretending for his or her work to "mean" something while demonstrating no artistic talent or are they truely works of genius?
I believe that art should be seen as appealing to those who look at it; meaning doesn’t really matter. They did a thing on 20/20 where they asked locals on the street to say whether something was modern art or not. Some was kindergarden scribbles, others were just rubbish, and when people judged it on meaning, the scribbles by preschoolers actually got more votes. Marcel Duchamp actually hated this idea of art "with meanings" by making art with things like urinals and drawing chocolate grinders as a way to mock these people. So art with meaning is nothing but a joke to everybody but fancy art critics with a bad case of symbolitis.
December 27th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
I never judge art on its genre … if I like it then I like it – I don’t care if I should.
I have seen some real junk labelled modern art (and felt like it was the sort of thin knocked up in the morning after a drunken party when they realised they had a project due) and I have seen some stunning art that is very simple.
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December 27th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
nothing
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December 27th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Modern art a scam? If what you mean by "modern" is contemporary or what is being produced at present then I would say no more then the contemporary art of any other period.
The term "modern" is so broad that to ask the question you have posed shows a general lack of understanding of what ART even is.
Education cures ignorance.
I see some of the later posters have confused modern art with Modernism.
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http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/markport/lit/introlit/modart.htm
December 27th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
I believe that art should be seen as appealing to those who look at it; meaning doesn’t really matter. They did a thing on 20/20 where they asked locals on the street to say whether something was modern art or not. Some was kindergarden scribbles, others were just rubbish, and when people judged it on meaning, the scribbles by preschoolers actually got more votes. Marcel Duchamp actually hated this idea of art "with meanings" by making art with things like urinals and drawing chocolate grinders as a way to mock these people. So art with meaning is nothing but a joke to everybody but fancy art critics with a bad case of symbolitis.
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December 27th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
personally i like modern art…..i don’t get why rembrandt’s so special.
appreciation of art is very subjective. everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
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December 27th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Art is one of the few of not the only professions that someone with out skill/talent can make money. Modern art is not what you are thinking though. modern describes a time frame not a genre of art.
Now abstract, or non-subjective art is probably the kind you are thinking of. this is where people can splash paint and call it art.
They don’t even necessarily pretend for it to mean anything. People just assume it does. Jackson Pollock is a great example. He was one of the most famous artists, known for splashing paint. He couldn’t even draw very well, but yet he made millions. Now of course there is a line. You can’t be completely stupid. it has to look somewhat good.
your "modern" art will will always have a place til someone can actually define "art"
The great thing about Modern art, for the most part, is that it has the potential to be very aesthetic, visually pleasing, or makes great decor(because subjective art is harder to place around the home.)
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December 27th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
I think what you’re really asking is "What’s so great about ABSTRACT art…"
All art when created is by definition "modern"; i.e. cave paintings where the modern art 10,000 years ago; Michelangelo’s David, was "modern" art 500 years ago.
Art is a very personal thing; sometimes I’ll look at an abstract painting and see nothing, and sometimes I’ll see wonderful design…ultimately an artist isn’t creating art for us; they create it for themselves…
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December 27th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
A popular definition of "modern art" is art that has been created since 1950. During that timeframe, artists had more of an opportunity to think about art, so we began to see less realistic art and more art that shows the artist thinking about why art is the way it is, and all of the other concepts that surround the art process. To me, the thing that is great about modern art is that the artist gets to show the viewer more about him/herself as an artist, and we get a taste of the humanity that connects us all. I may not like all modern art, but I do appreciate it for what it is (or isn’t, as the case may be!)
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December 27th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Modern art was a movement that ended around 1960. Art and our culture has moved way beyond it. So put the old argument about "Is modern art art?" to bed and get over it.
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December 27th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
After world war II,(the time period of modern art), art was not made to be "pretty". The world had just gone through a horrible time. An art history teacher told my class that Jackson Pollock, De Koonig and other artists of the time were probably in therapy or at least using art as a therapy. Many of these men were "pushing the envelope" as we would say today. The art was about the expression not the subject which was a new way of seeing art.
I believe there were some people who saw a few artists making money and decided that they could scam someone. "If Jackson Pollock can drizzle paint on a canvas and make money why can’t I" kind of thing. But everyone remembers Jackson Pollack not copy cats. I would say Pollock was a genius ( maybe not sane or at least in the best mental health, but a genius when it came to art.)
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