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loool
is today's art overrated and pretentious?
In time when visual arts are everywhere and we are bombed with rich visual content everywhere we go, I am still "doing the effort" and go to the gallery (because I think it is ok to the artist who made the exhibition) and all I see is a bunch of artists who make some kind of arrogant and egoistic work giving nothing back to me as a visitor...
I don't really expect anything genius, or revolutionary in return, but I don't really see the point in going to the gallery only to see two lines in the 100 cubic meters...and after that I am feeling like an idiot...artists are not putting effort at all...or I don't get this...
Nov 29, 11, 4:23 p.m. – Permalink
idiots
all of it is.
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Dog-earNov 29, 11, 4:24 p.m. – Permalink
idiots
all of it is.
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Dog-earNov 29, 11, 4:24 p.m. – Permalink
Amicus
seems a lot of art these days is more about the bs description than the actual piece.
- wasn't always this way?– Miguex1/2
  it's called an artist statement– stepson2/2
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Dog-earNov 29, 11, 4:27 p.m. – Permalink
scarabin
no, there's plenty of exciting, interesting stuff out there.
- yup
  – pr2
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Dog-earNov 29, 11, 4:30 p.m. – Permalink
omg
pics or gtfo! :)
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Dog-earNov 29, 11, 4:31 p.m. – Permalink
scarabin
don't go to shows hoping to see something you like. go to shows with artists you already dig. otherwise you're basically entering "art" into google and clicking "i'm feeling lucky"
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Dog-earNov 29, 11, 4:32 p.m. – Permalink
idiots
I think the only reason we think more so now is because of the increase in artists, available mediums, and gallery spaces.
we were raised on fine art and sculpture, oil, and metal, this was the norm until we grew into ourselves realizing our likes and dislikes which caused us to realize that "art" is much more broad a term than how we were raised.
i try to find the effort in something and appreciate that.
I saw a piece hanging at the museum of natural history I think in SF, it was thousands of thin strips of tape, taped to itself in a circle with the adhesive out so they would all stick together. it hung from 15 feet in the air about 20 feet wide 2 feet from the wall. All i could do was stare at it wondering why? how? and who?
now as a piece of art in my home? no. a piece of art that will last, no. but the effort and pure logistics behind the piece made it a stand out installation in my eyes, as it was 6 years ago and the only piece i remember from the visit.
art, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.
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Dog-earNov 29, 11, 4:34 p.m. – Permalink
loool
^ yeah...but everyone likes to see something new...and then epic fail happens
- epic fail? how? for a stranger not living up to your expectations? the fail is on you.– idiots1/2
  probably the problem is in me...I don't exclude that– loool2/2
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Dog-earNov 29, 11, 4:34 p.m. – Permalink
Jacque
- this guy explained!!!– loool1/10
  he seems like he would make a good sample in a handsome boy modeling school track– scarabin2/10
  haha i like this– bliznutty3/10
  hypnotized. by. hat.– BrokenHD4/10
  ahahahah excellent– GeorgesII5/10
  "Know what im saying"– Hombre_Lobo6/10
  Kanye?– jagara7/10
  this is Black-O-Rific!!!– teh8/10
  Anyone that uses HOBO has my attention– teh9/10
  Pure Gold– rson10/10
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Dog-earNov 29, 11, 5 p.m. – Permalink
deathboy
saw some exhibit a little while back that i think was a grant for 200k. and all it was... was a empty room that had a timer for a light to turn on and off. now that was fag.
- i think you wandered into the bathroom– scarabin1/2
  :D– loool2/2
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Dog-earNov 29, 11, 5:15 p.m. – Permalink
fresnobob
So, if today's art is pretentious and overrated, when exactly was art not pretentious and overrated? Hmmm...
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Dog-earNov 29, 11, 5:51 p.m. – Permalink
loool
well there was the time when art wasn't pretentious and overrated...
- in your life maybe, very subjective matter– idiots
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Dog-earNov 29, 11, 5:57 p.m. – Permalink
waterhouse
There are alternatives to "stuntmen." There are artists who still can move man and child alike. Whose art can change someone's life forever.
Mine was when, at 16, I first saw a Richard Serra sculpture. (Of course, one doesn't just "see" a Richard Serra work.)
- i see it and i hate it– doesnotexist
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Dog-earNov 29, 11, 6:08 p.m. – Permalink
Miguex
I am still "doing the effort" and go to the gallery (because I think it is ok to the artist who made the exhibition) and all I see is a bunch of artists who make some kind of arrogant and egoistic work giving nothing back to me as a visitor...
Some artists will speak to you, some won't. Nothing wrong with that, is just like music, I cringe when I hear MGMT on the radio, but some people love it. Same works for visual art.
If you really want to go deep:
You are saying: " all I see is a bunch of artists who make some kind of arrogant and egoistic work giving nothing back to me as a visitor..."
Perhaps that's the message, arrogance and egocentrism, (blame myspace/ facebook for that) the lack of message could be THE MESSAGE, now ...
The important thing is to keep an open mind, maybe research about the show before going too, but consider all this work that you don't like, a way to make the piece that you like more valuable, if you liked everything that was out there, then none of it would stand out to you, everything would be at the same level, rendering everything meaningless (sprinkle that on the pipe too)
- +1– loool1/5
  Miguex you are a smart guy, I can tell you that!– loool2/5
  it sounds so smart huh? I copy pasted this from perezhilton.com– Miguex3/5
  hahaha– Miguex4/5
  :D awesome source for quotes :D– loool5/5
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Dog-earNov 29, 11, 6:22 p.m. – Permalink
zaq
- hahahaha– Miguex1/2
  LOL– mg332/2
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Dog-earNov 29, 11, 6:30 p.m. – Permalink
pr2
Words like "pretentious" + anything else are often used by people who wished they could comprehend but they simply have no mental ability to do so, so to save their own ego from crumbling in their own view of how smart the see themselves they start talking about "pretentious (something)."
- how pretentious of you to say that!
  :)– Miguex1/3
  http://fc06.devianta…– Miguex2/3
  Truly, the emperors clothes are too fine for the common folk to see.– monNom3/3
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Dog-earNov 29, 11, 7:26 p.m. – Permalink
ukit2
100 years ago to become an artist you were expected to master traditional drawing and painting and study for years. Now it is all, for the most part, conceptual and even if there is technical skill involved, the barrier to entry is much lower. Anyone can participate, and naturally because of that you get some good stuff and also a lot of crap.
- this sums it up for me.– thumb_screws1/3
  i would agree ecept i'd replace with "good" and "crap" with "interesting to me" and "not interesting to me"– scarabin2/3
  +x, -"with"– scarabin3/3
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Dog-earNov 29, 11, 7:37 p.m. – Permalink
loool
I am just trying to understand some of these things...the problem with me personally is that I see artists who have grants and funds and studios and publicity and shit and at the end I go to the exhibition and go home disappointed...
And the problem is definitely in me...I am not accusing anyone as ignorant, just starting to have my doubts...and I am trying very hard to avoid prejudice. When I see hardworking artist's exhibition, that is like an eyecandy to me, even if the work itself is not too interesting to me I still appreciate the effort...
But there are also the Mr. Brainwash type of artists...and that: I don't like...I know that I am a primitive rigid bastard, but that's just the way it is...
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Dog-earNov 30, 11, 2:34 a.m. – Permalink
Projectile
Oh come on
art is worth every penny, always!!
Just fucking look at this fucking master and her fucking masterpiece!!
- but but... she got...
  
  I have no soul– GeorgesII1/2
  Oh yeah, I forgot about the London Olympics posters!– goldieboy2/2
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Dog-earNov 30, 11, 3:33 a.m. – Permalink
loool
some people would say this
- right?
  go read some of the reviews on yelp for proof– Miguex
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