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Monuments, Anti-Monuments and the Death of Artistic Expression
Give 'n Go ^ | January 21, 2009 | J. Martini

Posted on 01/21/2009 6:45:38 AM PST by joeystoy

I was confronted by three strands of cultural connective tissue this week which portend the death of artistic expression. No, it has nothing to do with the First Amendment or government suppression. It has everything to do with the tearing down of greatness and the worship of mediocrity by the dominant cultural elite.

First, Terminal 5 at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Second, the Zurich Opera's production of Richard Wagner's Parsifal.

And third, that gaping hole in the ground where New York's World Trade Center once stood

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Miscellaneous; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: art; beecroft; calatrava; fountainhead
Anybody out there think that yesterday's lovefest was a case of worshipping at the altar of mediocrity?
1 posted on 01/21/2009 6:45:41 AM PST by joeystoy
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To: joeystoy

Yes, I do.

Much of real art is in the commercial art business these days. There are many, pieces that are simply stunning.

Modern art has become the worship of the mundane and mediocre. It is a shame.

Disclaimer: I am a fan of the Pre-Raphaelites. And Renaissance and Baroque art.


2 posted on 01/21/2009 6:55:01 AM PST by texmexis best (uency)
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To: texmexis best

In other words, you are a fan of Art.


3 posted on 01/21/2009 7:13:46 AM PST by IronJack (=)
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To: joeystoy

I’m sure the grounds are being surveyed and the design phase of the BHO Mosque has begun. It probably would be cheaper and easier to just knock the head off of Lincoln’s statue and replace it with the Messiah’s little ol’ peanut head...


4 posted on 01/21/2009 7:20:23 AM PST by Hatteras
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To: joeystoy

There is Big Kulture and then there are individual people doing their thing. Big Kulture stinks big. But people out in the real world are still creative and creating up a storm.


5 posted on 01/21/2009 7:24:04 AM PST by DManA
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To: IronJack

Thank you...

I know a moderately famous modern artist and one time I was in his shop looking at his works. I don’t like them one bit. We were standing there just chewing the fat (he likes to talk about cigars), and he asked me what type of art I like.

I said that if I told him he would laugh at me.

He said no.... and repeated the question.

I sort of looked down and said “Pre-Raphaelite. The skin tones are phenominal and the allusions to classical literature and classical civilization never fail to stir my imagination. Waterhouse....Tadema...I can’t get enough of them”

He replied, “So do I, but don’t tell anyone. I don’t want to blow my cover”.


6 posted on 01/21/2009 7:28:36 AM PST by texmexis best (uency)
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