tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post8379087871574332892..comments2024-03-18T08:02:51.154-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Trendspotting in the Art WorldStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-68224038337751678052011-03-25T10:03:07.386-07:002011-03-25T10:03:07.386-07:00"But, what value system is at work when you s..."But, what value system is at work when you see a tiger shark in a vat of formaldehyde, or a colorful collection of encased vacuum cleaners, or a picture that looks exactly like the design of a soup can?"<br /><br />Andy Warhol is back?<br /><br />"And what is the value system when art denounces the collector as a mindless cog in the capitalist machine."<br /><br />Collectors deserve to be insulted as such if they are actually patronizing and purchasing such "art".Therapy Culturenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-21821920120679743352011-03-24T14:28:28.739-07:002011-03-24T14:28:28.739-07:00I do find it interesting and compelling that the m...I do find it interesting and compelling that the movement toward China also introduces a radically different aesthetic. That was the point that the article made, and I think it was well made.<br /><br />I think that the criticism that artists have directed against America goes beyond ambivalence. I get the sense that many of them feel that America is guilty for much of what is bad in the world, and thus, that they are trying to provoke self-criticism.<br /><br />I am still intrigued about the fact that at different times and places there seems to be something of a convergence of great artists producing great art.<br /><br />I have some thoughts about it, but it's not so easy explaining why.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-24578802140014823812011-03-24T10:16:41.402-07:002011-03-24T10:16:41.402-07:00First of all I believe that contemporary American ...First of all I believe that contemporary American art's valuation of American culture belies ambivalence and not necessarily critique or lack of pride. The adoption of consumer culture both critiques & annunciates the artist's merging in his/er milieu. I personally abhor this but don't think it is proof of China's impending dominance.<br />China's growth is economic and with it the sprit of it's pride in that and all things Chinese as we too once confused economic dominance with aesthetic/cultural dominance. It might be more that the 'market' is following the money and the growth of a new consumer class (remember the 80's?).<br />We all do our 'trend' computations mine is often myopic. What remains is sometimes Hegelian domination in the Stele of the powerful or sometimes too the discovery of a lost manuscript wrapping fish which someone discovers.jonathangenkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08323085674694569565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-46420097248818804342011-03-24T06:49:19.149-07:002011-03-24T06:49:19.149-07:00Exactly...Exactly...Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-33197942076331059712011-03-24T06:11:58.630-07:002011-03-24T06:11:58.630-07:00I was just reading something about Bourgereau. Was...I was just reading something about Bourgereau. Wasn't he supposed to have been one for the ages back in the Belle Epoche?Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05580109076500721062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-17792334263323273462011-03-24T06:08:31.734-07:002011-03-24T06:08:31.734-07:00Thanks, David, for linking a great article on this...Thanks, David, for linking a great article on this topic.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-57818539573501541682011-03-23T15:44:05.243-07:002011-03-23T15:44:05.243-07:00Art, discomfort, and dehumanization<a href="http://photoncourier.blogspot.com/2003_11_01_archive.html#106981088436258081" rel="nofollow">Art, discomfort, and dehumanization</a>David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.com