OT: art/music/visual art...

[Scott Hansen <scott-a-hansen@uiowa.edu>]

"art nowadays IS pretentious, self-serving, greedy and hollow, but maybe 
that's
always been the case..."

AT ONE TIME (PRE-1800) MOST ART WAS MADE IN SERVICE OF RELIGION. 
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE AROUND REMBRANDTS TIME ON, THE IDEA OF 
"ART", THE LONE GENIUS NOT MAKING STUFF FOR OTHERS, BUT THEMSELVES, 
BEGAN, ALSO TIED IN W/ THE FALL OF THE ACADEMY IN 1800'S (THE 
DELACROIX SCHOOL OVER THE INGRES SCHOOL).

"particular contempt for most "rock" music and visual art."

HMMM, I HAVE THIS DEBATE W/ MYSELF ON ROCK ALL THE TIME, WHETHER ROCK
IS STILL GOOD/BAD, AND CERTAINLY I HATE READING ABOUT CERTAIN BANDS THAT 
LIKE
THIS MUSIC OR THAT, AND HATE THIS ARTIST/MUSICIAN AND THAT, ETC. BUT 
I GOT THE NEW "AUDIOSLAVE" ALBUM, AND THAT RESTORED MY FAITH IN 
"ROCK'S" CURRENT STATUS, ETC.

AS W/ MOST THINGS, THERE'S A LOT OF MEDIOCRE VISUAL ART ALL AROUND US,
AND OF COURSE OUR VISUAL OVERLOAD SOCIETY DOESN'T HELP, BUT IF YOU WADE
THROUGH THE MEDIOCRE, SOMETIMES YOU'LL FIND THE GOOD STUFF EVEN IN VISUAL 
ART.
sorry for the all caps reply....
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