Modern art...philosophy can be summed up as a Burger King commercial.
While looking for a quote from Maxfield Parrish regarding modern art (that I still can't find --so frustrating), I came across this amusing article by Brad Holland about art and postmodernism. Brad Holland "defines" the different movements in modern art with a cynical and dry wit. He's like the boy that points derisively at the king, forcing everyone to behold what they're trying so hard to ignore, which is that the king has no clothes. Of course, the king, being a postmodernist, thinks that nakedness is very deep and authentic and so he postures and poses and congratulates himself for being uber artsy and real. And anyway, he's too busy navel gazing and snapping his finger, while reciting beat poetry, to realize that most people think his flabby, out of shape body is really quite ugly. Ummm...yeah, on the whole, I'm not a big fan of modern art.
I thought his definitions were both funny and insightful so I was a bit surprised to read that Brad Holland is an American illustrator, born in 1943, who is best known for his work in Playboy and Penthouse. Since I have no idea what it means to be an illustrator for Playboy and Penthouse (and frankly don't want to imagine) I looked up his freelance work. He seems to produce the very art he's complaining about. But then, what do I know? I'm not an art historian and his essay is very funny...if you know something about art. If you don't, you still might find it amusing.
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/96jul/holland/holland.htm
I thought his definitions were both funny and insightful so I was a bit surprised to read that Brad Holland is an American illustrator, born in 1943, who is best known for his work in Playboy and Penthouse. Since I have no idea what it means to be an illustrator for Playboy and Penthouse (and frankly don't want to imagine) I looked up his freelance work. He seems to produce the very art he's complaining about. But then, what do I know? I'm not an art historian and his essay is very funny...if you know something about art. If you don't, you still might find it amusing.
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/96jul/holland/holland.htm