a thoughtful web.
Good ideas and conversation. No ads, no tracking.   Login or Take a Tour!
comment
tacocat  ·  3147 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why is Modern Art so Bad?

What is the point in making the schlock this guy puts out when you can take a picture with a camera? Ballroom dance and ice skating are performance, art creates an object and if you create the object you intended to then you've succeeded. This guy's technical skill is the only thing he has and it's an obsolete skill due to the camera and he uses it to make boring ass shit. This guy cherry picks his images to support his argument and he has to be doing it willfully since he should know a thing or two about art. The Jackson Pollock thing is so stupid if you can recognize a Pollock. Modern art is a vast arena and if you can't find something you like you're not looking hard enough or don't care to. I don't give a shit about dance or ice skating and that's fine but I also don't dismiss them because can't be bothered to understand them.

Prager University is a bunch of right wing bullshit and this video is particularly infuriating. I wasn't going to say anything because this video doesn't deserve attention but I did say something.