A lot of people think they understand sculpture or the arts in general. But if you really boil it down, almost nobody does. The page that I'm going to link to at the bottom of this post will create reactions in people that will vary mostly from "What a waste of tax payer dollars" to "What does all this weird shit mean?". Another favorite of wannabe art critics is to point out that the sculpture of today looks nothing like the stuff that they studied in their one mandatory art history class. You might think that learning about art is as simple as "This one here is purty, this'n over here ain't too purty and I think they said it was about vaginas or something."
Diving into the world of art is like going through puberty a second time, only just mentally this time. You'll experience so many things that you thought were impossible and the world will have a vivacity to it that you never knew it could have. But you will still hate things about it and run into a ton of frustration. For me that frustration was the constant awkward boners. Had that problem in art class and puberty. Hmmm...anyway.
Diving into the world of art is like going through puberty a second time, only just mentally this time. You'll experience so many things that you thought were impossible and the world will have a vivacity to it that you never knew it could have. But you will still hate things about it and run into a ton of frustration. For me that frustration was the constant awkward boners. Had that problem in art class and puberty. Hmmm...anyway.
Everyone is allowed to have an opinion on the arts, even though it's a subject much too deep for most to even have an ice cube's chance in hell at fully grasping. Yes please do inform the artists of how decayed and worthless their life's work is in comparison to things that you don't fully understand. Michelangelo's David is more than just really realistic. There were thousands of choices to be made by the artist when bringing that piece into existence. The realism was the measure of skill from that day, not the end all be all standard for every sculpture there after. Let's try to appreciate the artists of our own day, a day when you can be mugged walking out of a Pizza Hut. They are trying to beautify and speak to the human experience in a world such as this. It was no easier in the old days, but that doesn't make it any less depressing.
You can study art history, make and sell your own art and curate a museum and still not have a total understanding of the art world. Sculpture by itself is plenty complex enough, as most people when they look at sculpture today will only say "That looks weird man." I get as uncomfortable listening to people rant about the state of art today as I did when Allegiant airlines flew me over the sea for a bit. Planes are supposed to have turbulence, but on there I felt like I would be soon feeling the motion of the ocean. But probably only the cataclysm of the crash.
The truth is, weird is the reaction of the uniformed. I don't know anything about being a woman, so when they complain about "woman only" issues at work I just tune out. Because my dick doesn't bleed and my stomach doesn't carry human beings. It barely carries what I've just ate if I have to listen to very much "woman only" talk.
Sculpture has moved passed the days of Michelangelo. Sure, he will always be the definitive sculptor. But is it really rational for all sculptors from now until infinity to just try and replicate his work? When you say that the art of today is not as good as yester year, you're saying that you want to witness a lifetime of cheap imitations. This is a world where you can buy anything anywhere. You can purchase pineapples probably by the thousands on Ebay. The art of the day should reflect that oddity in some way.
Cities should spend more money on sculptures, ambitious and inspiring projects that would beautify the cities and symbolize the power and culture of the city. All of that new work should be new work, creations that tell the story of who we were at that time. We don't want to tell the story of Renaissance Italy in Birmingham Alabama.
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