I think what you dislike is bad or low effort art, not post modernism. Just because piece of art denies the canon, or the classics, doesn’t necessarily mean it must eschew beauty, or be made without technical skill.
Apologies to anyone who knows their art history - I’m speaking in broad strokes here.
Personally, my beef is not only the low skill/effort a lot of the post modernism sculptures have, but also that their whole point, of making fun of “high art”, of museums and whatnot, was subverted. The subversion of art was subverted. Not even Banksy could fully escape the elitist assholes and even though that picture was shredded after the auction, it’s still “valuable”
The top one looks like light coming through closed shades. Kind of makes me of how think about how many people see a similar view before they get out of bed.
I think what you dislike is bad or low effort art, not post modernism. Just because piece of art denies the canon, or the classics, doesn’t necessarily mean it must eschew beauty, or be made without technical skill.
Apologies to anyone who knows their art history - I’m speaking in broad strokes here.
Personally, my beef is not only the low skill/effort a lot of the post modernism sculptures have, but also that their whole point, of making fun of “high art”, of museums and whatnot, was subverted. The subversion of art was subverted. Not even Banksy could fully escape the elitist assholes and even though that picture was shredded after the auction, it’s still “valuable”
I was in a museum last week that held some of the “greats” of modern and post modern movements, and I much preferred the other galleries.
Mark Rothko’s abstract expressionism:
Vs
Van Gogh.
For me, it’s not even close.
The top one looks like light coming through closed shades. Kind of makes me of how think about how many people see a similar view before they get out of bed.