This brand new video from Vox is pretty cool for how it addresses a real problem students, and the public in general, have in dealing with artistic production. How do we know if something's good? Why do artists obscure their intentions and meanings? If something is easy to make, does it make it less valuable or important? I try to guide students toward deciphering these questions when I teach various literary movements, particularly modernism. But analyzing painting raises the same problems, and perhaps in a more obvious way. Though I am far from an expert in visual art, this video is helpful for anyone who's ever been turned off by a seeming lack of beauty or artistry in literature/music/art or any other piece of creativity. Perhaps the message has more to do with you as the viewer than it does the art itself. This may not make you love this style, but maybe it will help it make a little more sense.
AuthorDr. Spivey is a college English professor and lives in Scottsdale, Arizona. Archives
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