Is modern art rubbish?

Answer 1

This cleaner certainly thought so! http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/27/1093518064188.html

Answer 2

It's a matter of personal taste, and totally subjective
My own test of art, is that I ask myself whether I would take time, and pay money to see it.

An amusing take on the state of modern art (the news article these quotes were taken from is no longer available to view directly)


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One of Britain's most prestigious art galleries put a block of slate on display, topped by a small piece of wood, in the mistaken belief it was a work of art.


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the slate was actually a plinth -- a slab on which a pedestal is placed -- and the stick was designed to prop up a sculpture. The sculpture itself -- of a human head -- was nowhere to be seen.


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A Gallery spokesperson said "It is accepted that works may not be displayed in the way that the artist might have intended"

Answer 3

If you are talking about "installations", videos, and "artists" like Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst, Chris Offili (who uses elephant dung in his paintings), my answer is:
"Rubbish is too good a description for it...."
What it is, is a cabal of art-galleries, art-critics, and above all museum curators like Nicholas Serrota (Tate Modern) who wish to advance their own wealth and collections by agreeing to back certain artists and turn them into "names" thru publicity and hype, not talent.
Recently, real-estate developers have got into the act, which you'll prove if you walk around the Hoxton Square area in London and see the boutiques, restaurants and sometimes flats which pop up in a newly chic, arty section.
This happens in New York, too, where SoHo, once the place where all art galleries showed and artists lived, has now become nothing but wall-to-wall boutiques like Chanel, Balenciaga, etc. Art now equals money or "chic" -- the very opposite of what art should be.
We should really re-define "Modern Art", to be called "Installation Art" or "Video Art", two terms that, for me, mean "Art with no talent required...."
A sad moment for art.

Answer 4

Rubbish is modern art!

Answer 5

Some modern art might be! However I think we should always make an effort to understand what is being said, but always questioning it and taking nothing for granted (like other older arts!!)

Answer 6

The concept of art to me has always been the personal perception, as in "beauty is in the eyes of the beholder"

What one person will consider a stunning work of art, another will detest, surely that is the beauty of art.

Answer 7

Yeah. Modern art sucks pretty badly.

Answer 8

Maybe the question should have been "Is modern art, art?" Then the answer is a resounding NO.

Answer 9

sounds exactly like the narrow minded thinking of the critics of the op art/pop art movement of the 60's

Answer 10

yep... just have a look in the Baltic art gallery in Gateshead... complete and utter rubbish. well worth a visit though if you want a good laugh!

Answer 11

I have always thought that any personal interpretation of a specific talent is priceless. As far as abstracts go, I don't understand them. I paint realistic visuals. My imagination isn't that creative. I am who I am, and I paint that way.