Is modern art rubbish? The great modern art debate
Depending on who you believe, modern art has either reached celestial heights or plumbed the depths of the cesspit.
Have you ever stared at an upside down urinal, a bisected cow or a tent adorned with an exhaustive list of the owner’s shags and wondered what all the fuss is about? Or are you an absinthe-quaffing modernist happy to declaim the death of painting and the triumph of conceptualism? This aMap pocket argument guide will guide you through the modern art debate.
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Modern art is good art
Modern art provokes and questions society AS it’s not art if you’re not arguing about it. For example, nothing gets critics and art lovers hot under the collar as the Turner prize.
Popularity validates modern art AS modern art entertains and is enjoyed by the masses. For example, the Tate modern has over 5 million visitors – double as many as Alton Towers!
Modern art is original AS modern art has depth – it’s about ideas – and goes beyond pretty pictures. For example, when challenged that anyone could make his artwork, Damien Hirst riposted “but you didn’t, did you?”
Modern art is rubbish art
Modern artists lack skill AS where’s the skill in Tracey Emin’s My Bed – an unmade bed complete with stained sheets!
Modern art won’t stand the test of time AS modern art is faddish and fashion conscious – and often conceptually and physically disposable. For example, Damien Hirst’s “The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living” deteriorated within 2 years (his shark literally fell apart!)
Modern art is willfully obscure and difficult to enjoy AS much of modern art seems to require quite explicit explanations before you can understand the what it all means!
