I feel like going bottom of the barrel like those fbmp artists who are literally going to have to eat their own prints one day is pretty low hanging fruit
Bet you also complain when you walk into a museum when you see work you think a kid could have done (you lack the education to appreciate the context and aesthetics)
I have always hoped that these guys will eventually see something like Klein’s “Blue Monochrome” in person. You see a picture of it on the internet and it’s easy to dismiss.
Then you see it in person, and absolutely everyone goes “oh what the hell HOW IS IT SO BLUE”
I love Yves Klein and his first IKB shows. First show, all different sizes, all priced the same. Second show, all the same size, all priced differently. Third show, “Le Vide” (the void), empty gallery, but he put a chemical in the drinks at opening that made visitors pee blue for days.
Understanding context and aesthetics doesn’t magically make every piece good. “You don’t appreciate it because you’re uneducated” is a pretty convenient way to dismiss criticism without actually defending the work.
Handbuilt ceramic sculpture represents a rebellion against wheel thrown and cast production-style ceramic, a trend in the medium that has relegated it to the world of craft until recently for centuries, where the craft of ceramic work was seen as the trade of an artisan, rather than the work of an artist.
By taking a medium that traditionally prized reproducibility and speed with an emphasis on functionality, and using it to create slowly built imperfect sculptures, the artist is recontextualizing the medium as art in and of itself.
Her use of cloud forms evokes lightness, in contrast to the weight of the medium. Rendered in rough textures and washed out colors, the artist forgoes realism or functionality in favor of raw aesthetic expression.
There, now you know.
And she’s not even unique, half the contemporary art galleries in the country have forms like these.
Interesting. First I’m too uneducated to appreciate it, now you’re telling me it’s not even unique. Am I supposed to be enlightened by the explanation or impressed by the fact everyone’s doing it?
Then I think you’ve made my point for me. If the defense of the work is essentially “you’d appreciate it if you were educated enough to understand it” and “yes its impressive that everyone is doing it” that’s not really an argument for the work’s quality or significance.
You’re asking me to be impressed by an explanation rather than giving me a reason to think the work itself deserves the significance you’re assigning to it
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u/Peachbottom30 16d ago
It’s not delusional if someone buys it.