What is your take on modern art?

For the first time in my life I recently went to a museum and art gallery out of choice and I had a wonder round on my own. The last time I went to an art gallery was when I was like ten and all I wanted was to leave and go to Disney Land on my holiday to France. The museum was not much to my liking other than the history of my city but the paintings were brilliant.

I saw countless paintings some bigger than the wall of my room and many where I got lost in and could look at for hours, the level of detail amazes me, however as I get near the end of the art gallery as we move more into the modern era art seems to have a very big sudden shift and suddenly a few coloured squares on a blank canvas is considered a masterpiece, I saw one piece of art which was just symmetry of triangles mirrored.

I know what most people will say is art is a individual thing and what some see as art others will not etc. But what does everyone think, has art got better? Do these masterpieces of today take more talent than they did a thousand years ago. What is your favourite art period? Who is your favourite painter?

[MIND POWER]

Pathetic.

Marketing is the new art.

[Adrienne]

Originally Posted by MIND POWER

Pathetic.

Marketing is the new art.

LOL Tiger !! no appreciation for any art ?

[MIND POWER]

Originally Posted by Adrienne

LOL Tiger !! no appreciation for any art ?

Oh just seen this as i was browsing through subscribed threads.

What i mean by my statement is that (The Ability to market) is now the new art form. It does not really matter if you can draw good, or create something really creative (Well it does to me Adrienne, but the majority of the public..? nahhhh)

Its the marketing which gets the majority of the mainstream, so now that's what decides a hit or miss........how well you can captivate people. We live in a microwaveable age, everybody wants it right NOW! you like your cooking don't you...? well these days there's no time for seasoning! or a deep appreciation of the effort! people want it right NOW!

How good are you at marketing, enticing people, creating a illusion almost Adrienne. Sometimes the Illusion is greater than the work, or empowers the person even more.

And right now as we speak, that is the latest new art form. (The ability to market, and that's modern Art).

[Adrienne]

What a ferocious looking Tiger ! ready to pounce and take no mercy, lol !! ha ha ......

I understand now, what you are saying about Marketing being an Art and yes, I do agree with you on that being the new art form. Marketing isn't my cup of tea, I prefer the real art creativity of course, to sell one's art one does need to know how to market it. Can't have one without the other I guess ........

Thanks to marketing, the recipes one makes, never look quite the same as the pictures in the cookbooks or magazine, lol ! ..... however, the pictures do sell the cookbooks/magazines.

[MIND POWER]

Originally Posted by Adrienne

What a ferocious looking Tiger ! ready to pounce and take no mercy, lol !! ha ha ......

I understand now, what you are saying about Marketing being an Art and yes, I do agree with you on that being the new art form. Marketing isn't my cup of tea, I prefer the real art creativity of course, to sell one's art one does need to know how to market it. Can't have one without the other I guess ........

Thanks to marketing, the recipes one makes, never look quite the same as the pictures in the cookbooks or magazine, lol ! ..... however, the pictures do sell the cookbooks/magazines.

Mmmmmmm...Yes its been awhile since i pounced, and i don't want my teeth to go blunt...haha.

And yes Adrienne, sometimes the marketing can overshadow the actual art. Or of course make something appear better and more creative than it actually is. But i guess you have to appreciate somebody who can evoke and entice people in that sort of way! in all art forms, like you stated.....these days you can't really have one without the other. But like in mainstream music and entertainment you see today, allot of it is all style and no substance........especially in the music.

I watched a animated film called "American Pop" awhile back, now the music in that film had style and substance, and that film had style and substance. Music with me its (How it makes me feel, i am not necessarily paying attention to lyrics hahaha! or the image of somebody), music from different decades makes me feel different.....because of the substance/culture around it.

Musical films these days don't really work, because there is no substance around anymore (For me personally anyway, can't be too pessimistic).

American Pop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-UCLiQ5EdQ

Decent animation this Adrienne.....

It depends on the art.

The purpose of art is to evoke an emotion. If it makes you hate it, then it still worked as art. Now, if you are indifferent to it, then it didn't work at all. And there's plenty of both modern and even "classics" to which I'm indifferent.

As you mentioned, some I could stare at for hours (Jackson Pollack, for instance.) There's one such place like that here in Houston called the Rothko Chapel. It features many of Rothko's black or dark gray panels inside of a building that completely cuts one off from the outside world. It's a place of contemplation, thus the designation as a chapel, and it is perfect for that

A friend, who is past president of a large watercolor society and I have had many discussions on this topic. She is a serious artist and her creations depict real world moments from her point of view. You may have to interpret them somewhat but they are largely understandable as a moment in time.

Abstract art, IMO, requires context to understand. Who was the artist, what were the influences, when were they, what is their relationship to color and form, yada yada.

So for me it takes work to get what someone in that field is doing. That said, a Japanese artist whose abstract work was shown at the Frye Museum in Seattle last month seemed to expose the power and straightforwardness of water lilies that made a much broader statement, and I could understand and appreciate it.

However canvases with a swipe across a field of color, I let others enjoy.

[Squatchit]

I reckon those with a good imagination would appreciate modern art more than those without. And yes, that is a generalised statement. There will be exceptions.

I'm quite fond of Klee and Kandinsky in regards to modern art.

[dream jo]

luv art luv wtre colors or aqrilal but do not luv oil pans i dont dnt mnd oil pastls i dont luv papr masha coz u can mk all soets frm paper masha u cam