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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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In Reply to: Yes and No posted by Amphissa on March 11, 2011 at 12:58:12:
upon which to hang any argument, are they?
Would you argue that an exhibition of Ingres, Gericault, David (Jacques-Louis) would draw more than one of Graves, Hartley, and Lewitt?
I think it's absolutely necessary to study art and the artist to even begin to appreciate modern, or more specifically, post-modern art (non-representational). There must be an intermediary, a guru, to lead the spectator. I'd argue the same is true of those composers I mentioned.
I'll widen the picture: film. I don't think it's possible for the "average" viewer, or even film buff, to appreciate Bela Tarr, Tarkovsky, Antonioni, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Carlos Reygadas, or any other modern stylists, without knowledge of their artistic goals.
I think there exists a chasm between new and older art. The old was (mainly) about beauty, its representation--- even ugly was presented in an attractive way. Much of modern art, otoh, isn't concerned at all with beauty, or the lack of it. Minimalism, for instance, often is the total absence of aesthetics.
Lastly, we come to literature. Plot, character development--- and in some instances, central characters themselves--- all extraneous to the new "novel." Oftentimes, we're left with an encyclopedic listing of facts more akin to a non-fictional description of reality than fictional.
Architecture? Same thing. The explosion of form--- function be damned! Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Liebeskind, Morphosis (Thom Mayne) all would rather go commission-less until the end of their days rather than construct a rectangular or squared shape. For many, the results are puzzling, disturbing. A not unusual comment, "I'd hate to live in something this guy designed!"
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