Where do we stand?
Do artists have any value in our current situation? It does not seem so with the war mongers in the whitehouse. If it doesn't produce oil it has no value. Throughout history it seems that the artist played a crucial role in the critique of its own society and to let people know to not take themselves too seriously. It seems that the current administration could give a damn about that. As a matter of fact they would prefer to shut you up. The attitude towards art is falling back towards realism and pointless non-abtrusive abstraction.
posted by kpnil at 10:55 AM
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I understand that mass appeal has a tendancy to guide or misguide people to a common bond. The DaVinci code is a prime example of uniting people together because of a shared questioning of christianity. Brown struck a cord which happend to be timed with the exposure of the Catholic curch's appetite for little boys. This of course reenforces the fact that timing is everything wether you mean it or not. Shed in this light, blaming the current administration would not be a good way to aproach understanding the role of art in todays society. As a matter of fact those fellas serve better as the brunt of a joke than as players in determining the role of art. Following the whimsicle nature of mass appeal to its logical beginning might be a better approach. And when the smoke clears and the confines of regalia have washed away, the remains can be sifted through to determine its value within society. Just as timing is important so is standing the test of time.
11:42 AM
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