Has art jumped the shark after WWI?

[Regina]

I think both old and new art are good (and bad) in different ways. Yes to a lot of people new art might look like squiggly lines, but I find some of it has really nice geometrical patterns and form. It's a lot more personal and expressive too, and creative.

I do like the conventionality and "beauty" of older art though, as well as the realistic style of it. I find it has less variety though, it seems like a lot of old artwork is either a religious painting, a landscape or a portrait of some rich white dude. It lacks the diversity modern art has.

I do think there's a cut-off point to what "art" is though, I'm sensible with that. some of these modern... creations, are not art. I can't remember her name, but there's that one "artist" who just took a photo of a pile of trash next to a bed, and apparently that is "art" just because some critic says it is. I don't agree with that, the really outlandish modern stuff like a big ash tray full of cigarette butts or a shark with weird spots on it, I don't see how that's "art", or even creative.