Posted on 09/02/2014 1:19:48 PM PDT by servo1969
If everything is art, then nothing is art.
Secular humanism leads to subjectivism and relativism, which leads to lack of standards, which leads to pluralism and equivalency.
Postmodernism leads to nihilism,which leads to destruction of art.
Commie goal
22) Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all form of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to “eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings,” substitute shapeless, awkward, and meaningless forms.
In Cleveland, we have that stooped rubber stamp “sculpture. I say;
Today, Art can be a booger with a hair in it!
Commie goal
23) Control art critics and directors of art museums. “Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art.”
“I’ve since expanded my original theory about photography’s and atheism’s effects on art. I now also see that an anti-American, anti-capitalist, anti-Enlightenment ideology also drives modern art.”
If it is without God, against America and communist, it can’t be art. It may be something, but not art.
1. Robert Rauschenberg, White Painting [three panel], 1951; latex paint on canvas, 72 in. x 108 in. (182.88 cm x 274.32 cm); Collection SFMOMA, Purchase through a gift of Phyllis Wattis; © Robert Rauschenberg Foundation / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY
" Dempsey and Fripo " by George Bellows, 1924 Modern Art
" Nighthawks " by Edward Hopper 1942, Modern Art
" Snow in New York " Robert Henri, 1902 Modern Art
I have a print of that picture and saw the original a few years ago at the MFA,Boston.
I love his work
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One Sunday my colleagues took me to the Museum of Modern Art in Sao Paolo. One of the items on display was a 3-dimensional gridwork of metal rods. The "thing" was about a foot and a half on a side, and the rods looked about the size of welding rods.
A few days later my colleagues took me along on a trip to a project the Institute was carrying out. On the way we passed a spot where a bridge was being built over the road. The workers had put together a framework of reinforcing bars, ready to have the forms put up and the concrete poured for a bridge pillar. I looked at the thing and laughed. Except for scale, that rebar framework looked just like the "thing" in the art museum.
I think all of "modern art" is a fraud.
Modern Art being defined as from roughly 1860 to 1970 there are some masterpieces from this time period.
Perhaps some of the good folks on FR are thinking of Contemporary Art of which I find very little to celebrate.
But please, lets not whitewash an entire movement as rubbish. Its not and to do so is just flat out ignorant.
I loved that MFA show and was so happy to attend. They really had an exceptional collection of his works on display.
Truly an American master and a fine example of Modern Art.
Hopper was no doubt influenced by them.
I am also very fond of 20th century self taught artists. They paint for the love of it without a thing to prove to anyone.
Counter that with the laugh out loud foolishness of many contemporary artists.
“If you have a chance ( and forgive me if you know about them ) take a look at the ‘ Ashcan School ‘”
This is astonishing. I never heard of The Ashcan School until 2 days ago. It was a crossword puzzle clue-— (Sloan was the answer). I then read about them and was fascinated.
I’m early 20th century too-—born in 1932. :-)
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“Nighthawks” is a favorite of mine - reminds me of that Tom Waits album, “Nighthawks at the Diner”.
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