People express themselves and sense the world in a variety of ways with varying tastes. However, after viewing some of the artwork and finding out who bought it and for what price, people can't help but doubt their profession, their creativity, and their mental faculties. Because, no matter how closely or for how long they stare, they can't manage to make sense of a Maroon square (beautiful color, but that's all) or decipher the artwork, which resembles an antique blackboard that a mischievous student has scrawled on it.
The reputation of the artist may be the piece's historical relevance, and the prevailing trends in the art market are only a few of the numerous variables that can impact the subjective worth of art. Some people might think that a particular picture is "stupid," yet others might find it to be thought-provoking or inventive. Within the art world, art valuation is a complicated and frequently discussed subject.
Modern Art. WTF...
You will undoubtedly hear someone say something along the lines of "That's art?!" if you visit any art museum, particularly one with a modern collection.
Blood Red Mirror by Gerhard Richter – $1.1 Million
Sophisticated modern art is what looks like the kind of picture your three- or four-year-old child would bring home from kindergarten to admire and put on the fridge, or the sample of wall paint that you would see at the home supply store. These pieces are sold for millions of dollars and can be found in the private collections of the wealthiest homes. Just as appreciating the abilities of artists and trying to comprehend the significance of modern art, as you would typically do at a traditional art gallery, doesn't always make a man great, nor does it justify the high cost of some of the works.
Is this how easy art should be? This lacking in imagination? Is this even meaningful? Or should beauty be the focus? That, after all, has been the fundamental goal of art for millennia. The composition's intricate design, magnificent grandeur, beauty, skill, and inventiveness, among other things.
Untitled (1970) by Cy Twombly – $69.6 Million
Nowadays, people frequently hear the adage "beauty is in the eye of the beholder," particularly in reference to art or beauty in general, along with the statement "Art isn't supposed to make sense, it's supposed to make you feel something." Yes, I think that is nonsense. If the only goal of art was to be objectively ugly, or subjectively attractive, then it would not be seen as a fundamental component of culture but rather as a vulgar art. Similarly, what does it say about a culture whose art aims to TAKE something FROM the people instead of contributing something to their experience, if the sole purpose of art were to evoke feelings?
Let’s All Fake Stupid Art to People!
Is It Art? Eyeglasses on Museum Floor Began as Teenagers’ Prank (2016)
Not only is there a dearth of originality in modern art, but its primary goal is to provoke an emotional reaction. Once more, it aims to take rather than to provide. Most of the time, when one is informed by the philistines of their emperor's amazing and breathtaking new attire, but they won't acknowledge that their emperor is actually nude, one feels as though they are being laughed at and their intelligence ridiculed.
Modern art is stupid because of its nihilistic outlook on the world and its unimaginative LACK of inventiveness. Modern art aims to take a more relativist stance on beauty in contrast to the objective standards of beauty established by the classical art world. Without beauty, art is like to a $20 Brooklyn NY Strip Steak devoid of taste. What is most significant about art is determined by objective standards of beauty; without meaning, art is meaningless.
Above all, values of beauty and general creativity are paramount. Without values, such as those found in modern art, our worldview is no different from that of the wild animal kingdom, where the most creative thing that can exist are ordinary balls of excrement, such as those that can be produced by a common dung beetle.
A banana taped to a wall fetched US$120,000 at Art Basel Miami 2019 – and then got eaten
Maurizio Cattelan’s art installation called “Comedian” which features – literally – an overriped banana stuck to the wall with little more than ducttape. Two French collectors have already taken ownership over two of three renditions for US$120,000 a piece. Several museums are bidding for the third and final edition for US$150,000.
Before the hammer dropped on the last bid, artist David Datuna promptly plucked the banana off the wall and ate it, referring to the achievement as "Hungry Artist."
Survival of the fittest, Emperor's starving, new clothes're pricey.
Gaoetse Letamo
Monday, March 25, 2024
05:06 PM
London Based
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