Art + Politics

slowtrain

Well-known member
There is but one name for contemporary art: degenerate art.

err....

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DannyL

Wild Horses
There is more authenticity in a terrorist attack than in contemporary art.

There is more reality in stock photography than in contemporary art.

There is more beauty in plastic surgery than in contemporary art.

There is more truth in a corporate mission statement than in contemporary art.

There is more meaning in clinical depression than in contemporary art.

There is but one name for contemporary art: degenerate art.

Why should art be about any of those things that you've listed, beyond "meaning"? Beauty? Authenticity? Reality? Truth? These are all somewhat contested categories to say the least.
 

Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
There is more authenticity in a terrorist attack than in contemporary art.

There is more reality in stock photography than in contemporary art.

There is more beauty in plastic surgery than in contemporary art.

There is more truth in a corporate mission statement than in contemporary art.

There is more meaning in clinical depression than in contemporary art.

There is more meat in a Tesco Value sausage than there is in contemporary art.

There is more booze in Bud Light than there is in contemporary art.

There is more sex in an episode of Hollyoaks than there is in contemporary art.

There is more fun in Call Of Duty: Black Ops than there is in contemporary art.

There is more satisfaction in taking a really big shit than there is in contemporary art.
 

slowtrain

Well-known member
I remember coming across the website of a group of "anti-postmodern" artists a while back, they were really shitty, vaguely impressionist/abstract stuff.
 
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