Hi peeps,
Okay, I might sound very shallow to ask this question, but I really want to know you guys' opinions.
Looking of works done by Tracey Emin (eg her unmade bed, the tent, etc) and also Marcel Duchamp's Fountain & Piero Manzoni's Artist Shits; I can't help but wonder.... what does it take to be a, erm, good modern artist? It seems to me that as long as we come up with a very unexpected (read: weird) idea AND dare to make a strong statement as the "concept of the work", we can actually turn practically ANYTHING into artworks.
Is it because we've had enough of visually pleasant artworks (eg Monalisa, etc) that we actually seek to invent more modern, unconventional arts? In this case, is contemporary art *supposed* to be of a 'higher level' than old masters' works?
Any opinion will be greatly appreciated! Thank you very much in advance!
2006-10-24
00:39:10
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