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Comment on: Is art declining as a movement?

Bigthink — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:48:04 +0100

To understand art you have to go back to the stART

Comment on: Is art declining as a movement?

Bigthink — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:11:41 +0100

_Psychopath Sentience_
The left are right,
The right are wrong;
The good are bad,
The bad are strong.
The weak die off,
The strong live on;
The strong are left,
The good are gone.

Comment on: Is art declining as a movement?

Bigthink — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:41:16 +0100

art has always and will always exist because it is a desire of the human soul to create in order to try and move thought forward.

Comment on: Is art declining as a movement?

Bigthink — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:59:57 +0100

Depends on what kind of movement to which you refer. If you mean bowel then I would have to say, judging by 'big thinks' performance, that it is on the increase.

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Bigthink — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:55:45 +0100

I believe that 2D and 3D mixed media will be the next big thing. I know a lot of artists who are branching out their knowledge of materials and processes. I recently talked to an artist who was "painting" with fused glass. I expect to see some creative mixes of glass, metal, plastic, cement and other materials as artists look for new modes of expression. A lot of industrial tools and material have become more widely available at an affordable price. Another thing I've been seeing is gatherings as art that combine music, dance, and costume where the people become a performance art exhibit.

Comment on: Is art declining as a movement?

Bigthink — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:32:54 +0100

"Art" is not declining. I don't think art is as esteemed as it might've been back in the old days, so perhaps the amount of respect one gives to an 'artist' is less than it might've been years ago, but Art itself is not declining.

I agree with most people that art is moving in entirely new directions than what most people might've been taught in an art history class. It's not just paintings and sculptures done to perfection; it's also the comic art, graphic and commercial design, in fashion and the mediums of television and film.

I think art is in 'flux' right now, experimenting in new places and with new ideas. The only thing that is in decline, at least hopefully, is elitist beliefs that one art form or style is better than another, and more recognition that art is everywhere and a continuing influence on our lives.

Comment on: Is art declining as a movement?

Bigthink — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:43:16 +0100

What has declined has been the power of art to communicate to others beyond the art "religion." Having dismissed how art is made or looks (disparaged as "retinal'), and focusing on sociological aspects whose worth is not objective, art has become one whim after another.
In trying to avoid the "ivory tower" of good taste and elitism, the art establishment has created a mysterious religion understood only by high priests who speak a language of obfuscation, and a body of work more laughable and preachy than moving.

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Bigthink — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:57:27 +0100

Art is Alive and Well on the INTERNET!
Art like beauty, is in the Eye of the Beholder.
With the Internet there are now MORE EYES!
Power to the Internet!

Comment on: Is art declining as a movement?

Bigthink — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:20:07 +0100

Art movements have waxed and waned .. I think that art has been declining for a while, and there is likely to be a turn around. I think that there is a healthy decline in mass-media art, but I don't think that a local-art phenomenon has replaced it yet.

Philosophically, I think a decline in reading and critical thinking has help effect a decline in art as a movement, and an "artist" has become any public personality who wants to retain a certain amount of perceived creative flexibility. It's a title that has cache, but I think it's absurd how actors, musicians, and models call themselves "artists", as if that means that they have some sort of transcendent creative genius.

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Bigthink — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:14:57 +0100

I think of art like the moon -- we might not always see it, but it's always there. It is not, nor will it ever be, "declining" -- just being redefined daily. That said, if you're talking about art in terms of painting, music, and photography, what's old becomes new again, even if in a slightly different form. Art is not linear, but rather cyclical.

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Bigthink — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:36:20 +0100

I think that the people who point to the deluge of imagery and sound that we all experience in modern society have a point. On the other hand, are we missing the point of art as process?

Certainly, it seems fewer of us are engaging less often in the artist process of discovery. Art serves many purposes, but perhaps the highest is the elightenment one receives by creating it.

I would like everyone, really everyone, to have a lot more opportunities to be "artistic".

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Bigthink — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:26:57 +0100

Look, first you have to realize that not all art isn't always pretty. It's true, there aren't many people who go around and paint landscapes anymore, but that doesn't mean that art's declining. Art is all around you if you stop and look.

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Bigthink — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:21:39 +0100

No, we call advertising commercial art. I thought of art and marketing as two distinct things, but some design companies, mainly 21 Entertainment, has blurred that line.

Art will always be there, it just depends on what we do with it, same as anything else. It's definitely not in decline, but evolving. There is a level of openess, maybe just in my area? that has never been seen before. Decline? I think it's a new Golden Age.

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Bigthink — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:19:17 +0100

Just because there is a lot of "art" out there, it doesn't mean Art is on the rise. I would consider advertising to be anti-art. It can't be art if it's trying to sell something. Ultimately Art needs to be selfless, to enrich the spirit and expand the soul. Not to put money into the shareholder's pocket.

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Bigthink — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:10:29 +0100

Art a declining movment!? How could you suggest such a thing?

Art is exploding all around us to an extent never enjoyed by humanity. Granted, a majority of this art is advertising, much of which is low quality, but when else in history have public places been so inundated with stimulating color and shape?
And let's not forget computer's massive contribution to the arts. Not only have they created dozens of new mediums, but they have allowed a distribution of art so far reaching it boggles the mind.

The arts are stronger now than ever before. An individual can create a work of art and have it all over the world instantly, available to any who wish to view it.

What I find most promising is the coming of an age of interactive art. The videogame. Traditionally the artist creates a work, the viewers observes and enjoy. But with computers, the viewers can interact with the art, change it, put a piece of themselves into it. They can compete. They can win. They can explore fantasy worlds created by teams of digital artists.

what do you think?