Message from @diversity_is_racism
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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
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
the situation woud be similar if you had that war metal stuff