/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

The premise that cont. art is "super smart and arrogant" comes from the fear in people that they might embarrass themselves, if they "dont get it". You should mostly just enjoy it for what it is and if it means something to you that other people don't see in it, that's fine.

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>A pretty picture is just a pretty picture, nothing more.
But it can still be rooted in its respective time. A picture painted today may be highly influenced by the new media, by the colors we encounter in everyday life, the way we interact with each other, the flatness of digital media or the three-dimensional aspect of city landscapes, anything really.

Of course, by creating a piece of art, the artist wants to endure and be in peoples minds even beyond his own death. That's one of the beautiful aspects with art. They way you look at a certain painting at the age of 17 and some ten years later can be totally different. The way we look at old paintings has changed strongly as well, as society has changed. Museums do exploit their collections quite often by displaying them slightly differently arranged and claiming that its "a revelation" all of a sudden. Still, some of the implications stay true. Works of art are flexibel and the way we look at them can change dramatically. (take the Narcissus theme in painting for instance, very relevant in times of social media, or any hand mirror that now looks like someone is taking a selfie)