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2005-02-23 06:39:54 ET
I think the whole Westernized perpective of art is getting completely out of whack. It's really bullshitty, like "this is unoriginal", "you're such a sell-out", "now you only do commercial art" etc...personally, I think the argument of originality still exists and lurks around like a mole on a frenchman's nose is just for the sake of protecting the fragile ego of the people who believes themselves to be modernist, because anyone with any sense of social realization has to understand that what they're doing are not going to protect the royalty to their work. It's going to be reproduced, reinterpreted, etc.. When you materialize an idea and call it "art", whether it's poetry or painting or time-based installation, it is still considered "goods" for people to "consume".
The whole "what is art? But what IS art? Oh that's so deep..." rant that makes up for premature art courses drives me insane because it gets nowhere and insecure artists only do that to feel superior because it is within a culture a thing we yearn for. I am not saying I am not insecure about my status, I am not saying I am not doing "art" or whatever, but frankly, I don't feel like making art to make such a statement because the statement is bullshitty, but my personal opinion is that "hi art/low art"SHOULD be dead; just because one is unique does not mean one should be on a pedestal. |
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