[Darksheare]

I kinda beg to differ...
"Art" now adays is used as an excuse to shock and offend.
It is no longer about form and beauty, it's about crassness, crudity, and vitriol.
Those, such as myself, that CAN draw -and draw well- have had the NEA and those in power in the "Art World" thumb their noses at us and tell us that what we do isn't art.
Because it isn't shocking and discordant.
That's all it's about today.
To be shocking and discordant.

Me, I'll take form, beauty, and substance over offensiveness any day.

[u-89]

Your response was to my post #6 but look to my post #12 and you will see that we are of similar thought. The politicization of art led to the celebration of the deviant and the highlighting of societal "injustices" and pretty pictures to not convey the message hence harsh and shocking depictions. Of course the overall academic trouncing of standard's has led to technical deficiencies becoming acceptable.