[Miss Marple]

Thank you.

My daughter, as you know, has struggled to maintain a view of art separate from that of the current "modern" view while finishing art school (she graduates Sunday).

My sister, the art teacher, had this to say about modern art:

"It isn't about art. It is about how much BS you can spin to explain the 'meaning' of whatever piece of dreck you hang on the wall."

I think that sums it up in a nutshell.

[mr.pink]

My daughter, as you know, has struggled to maintain a view of art separate from that of the current "modern" view while finishing art school (she graduates Sunday).

Good for her...and I wish her the best of luck. As a representational artist, I've happily found there is still a very good market for traditional work. It's a quieter road, but a rewarding journey, as persistence and talent will pay off.

[solzhenitsyn]

My sister, the art teacher, had this to say about modern art: "It isn't about art. It is about how much BS you can spin to explain the 'meaning' of whatever piece of dreck you hang on the wall."

Thanks, Miss Marple, that is just perfect. Best wishes to your daughter, by the way. Hope she'll continue to ignore the lemmings.

[cibco]

A good example is the shooting situation at the university yesterday. The ugly building shown on TV detracted from thread discussion of of the event. People, at first, thought they were looking at tornado damage...

[Wilhelm Tell]

"It isn't about art. It is about how much BS you can spin to explain the 'meaning' of whatever piece of dreck you hang on the wall."

Exactly. There is a symbiotic relationship between pretentious "artists" who lack talent (shock-value or being obscure is the substitute for talent), and art "experts" who have more money than sense. It is a reflection of the nihilistic mindset that has so harmed culture in the past century. "Art" that can mean anything must mean nothing.

[kstewskis]

"It isn't about art. It is about how much BS you can spin to explain the 'meaning' of whatever piece of dreck you hang on the wall."

That's the darn truth. That's why the only "modern" art that hangs on my wall are from the likes of Chuck Jones and Friz Freling. Not much spin you can put on Bugs or Daffy.