Art Sucks
Okay that was a lie.
Not all art sucks. Music is art. Film is art. The list continues indefinitely and infinitely. But art, from my perspective, does suck.
I am talking about the kinds of art you see in museums. The kind of art that is hung up on white walls by silver nails. To me, it's all just pretentious. You don't even have to be a good "artist" to make art; you just have to string a giant load of cohesive jargon together and hope for the best. And then you get by. Most of the time, with success.
But maybe it's just me.
I understand why the people who do like that kind of art, well, like that kind of art. They appreciate it. I appreciate what I do for my own separate reasons. Everyone has theirs. I wish, though, that art did communicate with me in a way that I could comprehend. It must be something special.
-Peter
The stuff that speaks to us speaks to us. It is true of all artistic endeavors. When we love a song or a movie, or one of these things moves us, shakes us up, makes us cry, it is art that works for us. One of my favorite movies experiences was seeing AI, which is a very flawed film. I cried during it (of course) and when I walked out of the theatre the sun was setting, the sky was orange with blue grey clouds, the air tasted like magic and I was full of joy that I was alive. Thus is the power of art.
ReplyDeleteNow, the stuff in museums.... much of it is an acquired taste. One has to learn a new language - a visual language - to appreciate a lot of it. Some of it, regardless of how much you work at getting it, will remain elusive. Cy Twombley is a huge waste of time for me still. I've given up on him, actually, but I totally "get" things by Rothko now. It took a while, but it was worth it.
Might your inquiry for the upcoming quarter lead you to investigate Modern Art?