What a silly little article. Yes, yes, he is right to a point. But then again, life is always more complicated than what is simple to say. Aka a nice little packaged theory. Yes overall contemporary art is meaningless and just made to annoy people, but people also what the next best thing. They want what is new and flashy. That is where bad contemporary art comes from.
From making abstract pieces, I understand how frustrating they can be, how much though and effort can be put into abstracting a form. It releases peoples preconceived notions on what something is, and allows the artist to interpret the piece however they want.
Money and power can corrupt anything. Sadly even art. Also people buy whatever is fashionable for status always anyways. Look at north-face jackets and spandex pants. No one needs those specific brands or types of clothing but they buy them because it is what they feel they should buy.
Let me just respond to his nine page rant by saying, yes it would be nice if people were brave enough to be independent, creative thinkers.
Art does not have meaning till someone gives it meaning. Sadly if the meaning they want from the piece is status, they will get it. It is just not what the author of the article wanted. Art is meant to have a purpose, who is to say what that purpose is?
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