Do you appreciate modern art?

[arknor]

i bet they cost hundreds of thousands aswell... goverment wonders why we have no money

 

["andy"]

im exactly with OP on this one

ironically though it appears i do like some modern art , but i dont see it as art (for example the harrier that was plonked in the tate , it interested me but is it really art?)

If I pickled an animal it would not be art, Damien Hurst does it, it suddenly becomes worth a small fortune.

Tracey Emin, moves her bed to the Tate Modern and gets a nomination for the Tuner Prize.

this is the argument i had with my arty mate. ''you could do this and no one would care'' infact he does much better 'art' and no one cares

 

[wannabedamned]

I like any art as long as it looks good. For instance Graffiti art or those 3D floor paintings, I would consider both modern and they both have some great stuff amongst them

 

[doodah]

Some yes, a lot of others - no. I fail to see how three large posters of naked women holding their just-born babies, one of which had blood dripping down her leg is art? Or black and white [shadowy] pictures of some breasts taken at slightly different angles (I believe this piece was called 'unnamed').

 

[~>Dg<~]

how you take on any art idea perception of it is different with every person.

if said piece gives me a idea as a creative person then its done its job

so yes i do enjoy all types of art.

 

[WillyNelson]

Beauty, as ever, is in the eye of the beholder. True that there is an awful lot of tat out there being heralded as art but in that there is also a great deal of creative, provocative and beautiful true art that it truly innovative or 'modern'. But really it's each to their own.

Also: if you have to explain why it's art, is probably isn't.

As an aside, Will Gomperts (the BBC art bloke) really hacks me off purely because he looks like he's trying so hard to be Alt and someone put all the pieces of his head together in the wrong order.

 

[Nitefly]

As with any art form. It vexes me when people say all modern art is terrible. Ah, their loss.

It is their loss, but some people just like what they like. Most of my friends cannot stand 'heavy' music or metal, which can encompass a huge set of genres. Likewise, it's very rare that I'll get excited by anything coming under the vague genre of 'indie', yet I enjoy almost everything else.

 

[Stupot_]

Hmm. Forum full of nerds in 'I DON'T UNDERSTAND ART' shocker! The world would be a very boring place without it.

 

[Lysander]

Hmm. Forum full of nerds in 'I DON'T UNDERSTAND ART' shocker!

Weird. That was exactly what I was just about to post.

Wait for the "it's not that I don't understand it, it's just crap" comments.

 

[shifty_uk]

Hmm. Forum full of nerds in 'I DON'T UNDERSTAND ART' shocker! The world would be a very boring place without it.

Rubbish. I understand more than most here. It's about opinion and that was what I sought out to receive.

 

[Stupot_]

Rubbish. I understand more than most here. It's about opinion and that was what I sought out to receive.

No you don't.

To me, it just appears to be a pretentious load of bullcrap created without any real talent or craftsmanship and made purely out of randomness and abstraction with insane over analysis applied afterwards to give it some sort of meaning or thought process, when infact it most likely had none.

That's just the kind of opinion someone who only views artwork from their computer monitor will have. Sure, you won't enjoy everything, neither do I. That's something we've already discussed, art is very subjective. However, there is something out there for you, and if you go out and experience it (you don't have to read all the gumpf from an art critic) you might find you can relate to it in some way.

 

[Valentino]

I prefer photographs of awesome stuffs than art. That guy up there talking about how awesome and detailed that oil painting is...PISH, my phone could get more detail than that!

 

[Danthus]

Hmm. Forum full of nerds in 'I DON'T UNDERSTAND ART' shocker! The world would be a very boring place without it.

I buy art so your assumption doesn't stand up.

 

[Stupot_]

I buy art so your assumption doesn't stand up.

I was generalising. You're a pedant.

 

[Judgeneo]

Last time I went to the tate modern, there was a lot of crap about, very few pieces that I thought were good.

 

[Lysander]

Last time I went to the tate modern, there was a lot of crap about, very few pieces that I thought were good.

Clearly wasted on you, then. It's like eating at Sheekey's if you're not a fish lover and then complaining there wasn't much you liked.

 

[OriginalJonty]

I don't see how Tracy Emin's Bed thing is art. I mean what is going on there? My bed looks a state when I get up but I don't get awards for it.

 

[Cosimo]

I buy art so your assumption doesn't stand up.

So you're a nerd who buys art. Is it nerd art?

 

[Lysander]

I don't see how Tracy Emin's Bed thing is art. I mean what is going on there? My bed looks a state when I get up but I don't get awards for it.

A lot of modern art is conceptual. It's not about what you can physically produce as such [though that does feature] but what concepts you are expressing in a physical medium. I am not going to explain if to you. Go and see it. Stare at it for a while, explore. Wonder why it's there, what details there are, what the artist is trying to share with YOU. Yes, you.

Sure, you can make a messy bed. And get an installation in one of the top art galleries in London [which are very, very, very competitive], get paid a shedload of money and respect from other artists. Sure, you could do that. Why haven't you?

 

[Danthus]

So you're a nerd who buys art. Is it nerd art?

Haha, landscapes, scenery that sort of thing.