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- marchelo
I moved to NYC a year ago after college, I think NYC is great, but I wonder about other art scenes in the World. Do people think NYC is still holding it down in the contemporary art scene? How about in L.A., London, Tokyo etc... I've read so much about the 50's and 60's with de Kooning, Pollack, Rauschenberg, Warhol and their art communities etc... But with the rise in price of APTS and space etc... (I mean you can move to BK, Bushwick, Bedstuy) I just wonder whats going on out their and other people's opinions on where things might be headed in a global society and art community. In my opinion it seems everything is turning into candy, I used to think bright colors were expressive, it just seems a lot of things have become the standard without any real purpose behind them. I just went to the Murakami exhibition, thought some of the work was great. Particular pieces almost stopped being paintings and really became environments. But the "flatness" and globalization factor of mass production... I mean aren't people over that stuff? (Its been done since at least Warhol and modern printers can make anything flat.) Other opinions insight please!
- skt0
....and breathe
- madirish0
hahaha
was going to say the same thing.
- kelpie0
"it seems everything is turning into candy, I used to think bright colors were expressive"
for some reason, I absolutely love this sentence
- harlequino0
Aren't geographic scenes pretty irrelevant at this point given communication technology?
As far as NY goes, I live in CT ad left NY for a reason. It's too expensive now. You'd be amazed at how much interesting art is happening in what used to be barren areas.
- marchelo0
I'm being very subjective, I live in NYC and work in times square, I see global art advertisements for meaningless crap all the time, and live near Chelsea, its not that I think people shouldn't use color or anything... I'm just curious about what people think in an art history perspective. The most original thing I've seen lately has been http://graffitiresearchlab.com/ These guys are totally adding to Graff culture and combining technology with what they do...
- inhaler970
eh, miami seems to be where its at these days. but only because of the art fairs. NY is playing catch up, and if you ask me, art world is weak at times (in the galleries). Great work in smaller communities that dont get as much press unfortunately, (but theres also a lot of crap out there too, don't misunderstand me.
- Drno0
hotpants
- 7point340
sureshot's blog
- mangosnot0
SF has always had a great scene
And Pittsburgh too, but we don't have a website.
- misterhow0
stubbies
- TREBIO0
the best artists are not always in the big cities. once they get big some tend to move to nyc, etc., but that's because their art has a demand (and dealers want them close to put them on display)
good art doesn't need to be created in big cities anymore.
- MrOneHundred0
Admittedly, I didn’t read your post or any of the responses, but this guy is really good.
- boobs0
The only art scene these days is between the rich people, and the the slaves who make things to satisfy them.
- sfeske0
people just like shiny things...location is relative, you just need to find your muse.
- ukit0
I'm not the best expert on modern art, but it seems that art, like music, has splintered into a million little subscenes, each catering to specialized groups of people who are very into their own thing and try to follow and evolve that trend. Therefore it's easy for people to tell you what they like, but hard to identify what the trend is in any kind of big picture sense.