(October 14, 2019 at 7:39 pm)Alan V Wrote: Isn't that similar to what I said? The experts teach us to see why the art they favor is superior in whatever ways.
I guess your point is that if good art was based on straight popularity, there would be no need for the middle men of experts. But that's why what is considered good art becomes clearer over time.
My problem is with how easily these critics and important figures can be manipulated. The contemporary art movement, for example, is a total joke. I saw one piece that was simply a canvas that was painted red - that sold for something like 40 million dollars.
The question of who gets to decide what quality art is is a good question... and it's not one I pretend to have the answer to. But I think we can definitely decide what art is not. And painting a canvas red and selling it for $40 million is not art. And if someone argues that it is, I have some beachfront property in Idaho to sell them.
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