Alas Poor lefty loonig 1233In that case you sound like a childish upstart who thinks that anything new is "cool". Nya, nya nyaaah! Pthhhtppptthhhthh! And my Dad is bigger than...
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What Is FreedomHere's how it works Walid. The Nazis don't want anyone to speak badly about them and they don't want their faults or...
I haven't really followed this but I'd like to suggest that the pursuit of art itself didn't turn any major corners as such, just the art establishment (universities, major galleries, critics). You'll still find millions of artists who pursue the illustration of beauty through a vast range of means and media. You just won't find them on the art pages of your local newspaper or in your publicly-funded state gallery or in the list of arts grants winners. The establishment ignores these people in preference for those who dribble and smear paint or who think of new ways to staple computer motherboards to the backsides of cows and parade them through your local shopping mall - probably with state funding to pay for the exercise. They elevate mediocrity to the status of "great art" whilst dismissing and disparaging anyone who can actually produce an acceptable likeness of anything and whose works might actually enjoy a wide level of public support.
In reality, today's art is not really about politcial expression or externalising internal angst or anything even nearly that complex. It is about shocking, annoying or even boring the general public (or specific groups within it - except women of course because the art establishemnt will generally consider women, as a group, to be powerless victims unworthy of scorn or derision). The better you are at grabbing headlines, the more likely you are to have your work glorified by some pratt whose only real ability is to use the word "juxtaposition" in anything and everything he writes.
-- Andy D.
