Comments on: A Short and Irreverent Art History, Part 4

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:48:36 +0000

It’s funny you say that Tiven, because what you said about the sheer volume of techniques we have available is almost exactly what I wrote last night for part 5 of this series, which I am gonna publish right about…

Now.
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By: Tiven

Tiven — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:27:16 +0000

I think Frank Zappa said it best:
“The most important thing in art is The Frame. For painting: literally; for other arts: figuratively—because, without this humble appliance, you can’t know where The Art stops and The Real World begins. You have to put a ‘box’ around it because otherwise, what is that shit on the wall?”

This period is characterized by artists moving the frame and calling previously normal parts of our life “art”. While in the modern period artists deconstructed the materials, post-modernism deconstructed the question “What is Art?”

While this question has left art and artists with quite a hangover, I think the awesome part is the sheer volume of techniques we have available due to all of these past artistic innovations.
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By: Dave Doolin

Dave Doolin — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:05:05 +0000

Catenate these articles into a PDF and you have a nice little bribe for newsletter signups. .-= Dave Doolin´s last blog post ..Content Strategy – Olympic Blogging Part II =-.

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:30:55 +0000

@Ralph, I think that what happened in the 60s and 70s in art was necessary, it allowed art to move forward *past* what was being done at the time, to get us where we are now. Artists have a lot more freedom of methods now, but I think at the same time, there is a responsibility to use those methods well, to make *really good* art.

By: Ralph

Ralph — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:15:34 +0000

I am not an artist just an art lover. My take on art in the 60's and beyond is that it was crap- seductive crap, but crap none the less. Those were my college years and art as well as virtually everything else important was devalued including my college degrees. I never gave much thought to what this might mean to someone who makes art. I guess from my jaded perspective and questionable personal integrity I would ask what people will pay for and make it. .-= Ralph´s last blog post ..How being certain you are right can cause a big problem =-.