Message from @diversity_is_racism
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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
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
and on top of that everyone acknowledged that war metal was the bees knees
while not liking it or getting it
I don't see that as the case
THOSE WHO APPRECIATE MODERN ART
ARE A SMALL QUASI-ELITE
BASED ON THE COMMERCIAL VALUE OF THE ART
BECAUSE EVEN IF PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE IT, THEY DEFER TO IT
AND MARGINALIZE THOSE WHO DO NOT
FOR EXAMPLE US
I think that's the main difference, the deference
BUT TAKE THE BLACK METAL EXAMPLE