I don’t get modern art. I dont understand how we went from beautiful paintings to a yellow pentagon with a black line through it being considered art.
This is from Burghley House near where I live. And it’s obviously taken a lot of thought, skill and talent to create.
This is from an art gallery I took my wife to yesterday. And as far as I can tell, it’s complete crap. If my kids handed this to me as their art homework I’d be having words with them.
Obviously I kept my mouth shut as the museum guides seemed to know exactly what I was thinking. And this was about my wife after all, it’s not about me. Happily over drinks later it turned out she thought the same but enjoyed watching me hum thoughtfully at each piece while failing to hide my utter contempt for what I was seeing.
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The Nazis also loathed Modern Art. Why? Because it broke from conformity, investigated the individual psyche and offered a unique perspective that was both critical and fully prepared to challenge accepted mores about what it means to be alive. To have contempt for Modern Art is lazy. That's why the popular media often denigrates and ridicules it. They don't want you to think too deeply, they want you to stay in your little box, because having you thinking too deeply disturbs them profoundly. Hating Modern Art is reactionary and stifles your existence. You fail to realise that. Keep your blinkers on. Just keep on looking straight ahead. You'll be fine.
