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Ink on Bristol
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Work of art, or is it?
I don't see why the certain trend of shock art that's probably lasted a century ---maybe more--- has lingered as long as it has. 2011 Art Basel Miami was filled to the brim with such pieces and to tell you the truth I'm sick of the rubbish that passes for fine art but is labeled "Shock Art". From digital video pieces of a talking Anus with bad animation to penises scattered within a drawing(As if to say where's Willie"). Now there is a right way to do such things to get your point across and then there's half of Art Basel 2011. I'm tired of looking at "Museum Quality" pieces that are huge and broad that don't inspire awe but just a "?". Like one piece in the Museum of Ft.Lauderdale, I forgot the Artists name and all the best because I don't see why his piece was in the Museum at all. About a 20ft canvas covered in black acrylic paint and tar, with hints of blue and red. The tar wasn't even smoothed over or sanded down, but just poured over in such a sloppy and un-artistic way that made me cut my gaze at an inanimate object. The average art that's made today doesn't really inspire its just there to be figured out. And some pieces just stump the average person. A person who's studied art fully would still have a tough time trying to figure some of these pieces out. And that is what upsets me. The Art world is being driven into this niche of exclusivity where only an elite few can decipher this hidden mysterious world of "Blah Blah". Good art is to be enjoyed and appreciated by everyone. It should strike a chord with anyone that sees whats on that canvas or presented as a sculpture. Wheres the real contemporary art? Is it something that is rare and precious because it can be appreciated by everyone? And if so why haven't I seen it. Now I'm not going to lie, I have seen some contemporary pieces that have literally made me gasp when I've seen them but they are few and far in between. Which truthfully sucks!!!!!
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