Message from @diversity_is_racism
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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
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
I think that's the main difference, the deference
BUT TAKE THE BLACK METAL EXAMPLE
(DEFERENCE = THE DEMOCRATIZATION; CANNOT OPPOSE WHAT THE HERD LIKES!)
the imposition of the standard as default is what makes it different from simply clubs putting shit on pedestals
why would you say herd to a top down phenomenon?
herd effects may keep the illusion going
where normal people police themselves in keeping up the facade
but beyond that? I don't see how that works out
HERDS CREATE TOP-DOWN PHENOMENA
OUT OF THEIR PREFERENCES
WHICH ARE MOSTLY DESIGNED TO AVOID WHAT OFFENDS THEM
NORMAL PEOPLE ARE MOSTLY INERT TO ART ANYWAY
THEY LIKE SIMPLE SONGS, PRETTY PAINTINGS, NICE ARCHITECTURE
THIS IS WHY ARCHITECTURE IS QUEEN OF THE ARTS
REGULAR PEOPLE CAN APPRECIATE IT
BECAUSE ITS FUNCTION IS APPARENT
with dalits, all is about apparence
we need to acknowledge the realities of art nowadays
im not saying "modern art" mind you because modern art ceased to be contemporary
modern art is the art of the past century