Thank you so much for this article and this link! I paint, realistic landscapes and still life (to the best of my ability), and this is EXACTLY what I've been saying for years. Sometime this century (probably less than 30 years from now), there's going to be a giant exhibit at the Smithsonian entitled "Art in the Twentieth Century: What Were They Thinking?" Then, they're going to sell it all of at the world's largest garage sale. The moderns and the abstract expressionists are out the door-- whatever they can't sell off, they'll just burn. It's garbage.
I may not be a great artist, but by God, I give it my best-- I pay attention to composition, accurate drawing, realistic color, and all the rest that goes into making a landscape you might want to walk into, or a still life that draws you to linger over it.
He nailed it when he said: when everything is art, nothing is art. Exactly. And, I believe that nothing has killed off the popular market for art more than these 20th century charlatans. People look this garbage and don't like it, but they don't want to say so, so they just keep quiet and buy prints of older artists work that they do like. Since they don't like it, but they know it is supposed to be "great" art, they just don't buy original art at all.
Dali had his silly moments, and his dealer certainly took advantage of him late in life, but by heaven, he could paint! (when he felt like it)
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