Monday, December 12, 2011

Damn you, Warhol! Or: why modern art sucks.

I believe Andy Warhol killed modern art. While he was original, and insightful, too many people have used him as inspiration in negative ways. They use his example to defend their laziness, and lack of artistic vision.

A blank canvas mean you have no motivation, talent, or desire to put forth effort. It doesn't matter how you explain it, you didn't do anything. It simply proves that you put nothing into it, and people are gullible enough to buy into it. No artistic vision, pure corporate greed.

Obviously, some people are totally fine with that. They buy a worthless "painting" for an exorbitant fee, and their "friends" admire in awe the trendy, new "art." Simultaneously, Claude Monet does a triple axle in his grave. 

Simply put, most modern art is 3% talent, 10% effort, 87% bullshit.

Thanks, Andy. Asshole.