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kleinbl00  ·  3961 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Paintings You Can Look At - An unorganized mess of art by uh_oh

I've always "lliked" Klimmt but it's been too sterile. Odilon Redon looks like Klimmt minus the Teutonic fuckyouism.

Yeah. Do more of these. I know a sliver of the art world and have had a glancing familiarity of a whole bunch of modern shit I can look down my nose at.





uh_oh  ·  3961 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's a great way to describe ol' Klimt- I never cared for that gold shine. I feel like he's boasting.

A generally safe approach to present-day art is "are you serious? This is bullshit!" I'll see if I can make note of the exceptions in a later post.

kleinbl00  ·  3961 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm "Klein Blue" because I saw an Yves Klein monochrome at the SFMOMA and stared at it for 20 minutes going "Okay, this modern art thing? I get it now." Friend's parents had a Klee print in their bathroom growing up - who cares? Girl had a Kandinsky in her room - who cares? Jackson Pollack? Fuck off. The capper was when, in 9th grade, I went to Europe and the Stedelijk in Amsterdam and three of the exhibits were from a couple of my mom's friends. I mean, I'd helped put that shit together. Modern art museum? Fuck off. It was a bunch of TVs.

I would love to see some "modern" art that isn't either Morpheus International or Deviant Art. The Hirstification of art just bugs the shit out of me.

user-inactivated  ·  3960 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    I would love to see some "modern" art that isn't either Morpheus International or Deviant Art. The Hirstification of art just bugs the shit out of me.
Meaning what, exactly? You'd like to see examples of contemporary Impressionism or modern art-portraits or etc? If so I concur. There's a sense that some facets of art have been 'left behind'; not clear why.
kleinbl00  ·  3958 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'd like to see recognized contemporary art that isn't low-effort dadaist bullshit. To me, the thing that separates modern art from prior art is an utter and total lack of technique, and that's BS.

uh_oh  ·  3960 days ago  ·  link  ·  

you may be referring to effort.