MEANING

modern art is for modern elites

not for ordinary people

THERE IS NOTHING THERE WHICH HOLDS BACK A PERSON FROM APPRECIATING OR PARTICIPATING

ordinary people do not appreciate it

THE HIGH VALUE OF ART GUARANTEES THESE ELITES

ORDINARY PEOPLE DO NOT APPRECIATE IT, BUT IT IS ACCESSIBLE TO THEM

HOWEVER IT IS NOT RELEVANT

THUS THEY DO NOT ATTEND IT

THIS SEEMS PARADOXICAL BUT IS NOT

I don't think it's accessible to them either (or to anyone)

it's part of the appeal to elites

that normal people "dont get" modern art

whereas a work of beauty is instantly accessible due to the force of its beauty

the lowest person can see it and gain something, even if they do not appreciate its ultimate depth

it's "concept art" that is entirely opaque, and no one really gets it, they just like the exercise of nodding and pretending they get it with a group of likeminded people

and these people, in my view, tend to be elites

there is no true postmodern kitsch either

THINK OF IT LIKE ART ROCK

maybe kitsch level art

IT SEEMS ELITE

BUT REALLY IS SIMPLISTIC

LIKE NEWER GORGUTS

SO

IT ALLOWS THE RISE OF FALSE ELITES

BASED ON POPULARITY/MONEY AND NOT QUALITY

(THESE TWO ACT AS OPPOSITES IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT)

MODERN ART IS SOCIAL ART

SOMETHING TO CHATTER ABOUT

I'll accept it's that, but it's not something for the crowd

it's deliberately not for the crowd, but may carry that conceit, in an inverted fashion

getting into modern art is becoming part of a certain club

ESSENTIALLY

LIKE POSEURS/HIPSTERS AND TREND BANDS

WE SEE THE SAME THING IN METAL

but it's not generalized to clubs in general

it's a very particular club

THREE-CHORD "ESOTERIC" WAR METAL

IS CELEBRATED AS ELITE

is it? It is celebrated by insular clubs as superior, but it isn't widely accepted as being quality or elite or superior

whereas modern art is, even if people don't appreciate it