State of the "Art"

[DavidS]

Hi folks,

I am interest to know what the community thinks of todays perception of the #1 shitstorm topic "what is art supposed to be?".

The reason I ask is the following: The past few years I`ve been giving digital illustration and design classes at a private academy next to my work as a freelancing graphic designer.

Over the years and months I have noticed a somewhat troubling trend: The trend to be very negative towards "modern art" (or whatever people think is "modern art"). Not that this is particularly news, but I do find that the tone has become harsher than usual.

The pinnacle of this trend was reached with the publication of this thing: http://global3.memecdn.com/miro-amp-039-...317223.jpg wich since made its round through art communities and social networks.

I do agree that 37 mil. is a disgusting amount of money. Why not build a museum or school with that ? Well, it is about prestige of course. That is how the gallery business runs after all. But I don`t even want to focus on the exact amount of money or money at all.

What I do want to talk about is why people look at a Miro (or Pollock, Warhol, Mondrean, Picasso, Hirst, Delvoye, etc.) and start barking like a rabid dog and what this has to do with the current state of "art".

I have a theory for this and will post it a bit later. Before that I would love to hear the opinions of this community.

We`re all fans of horror and many on here are creative in their jobs or free time while coming from totally different backgrounds. That there is a bigger age differences on here is also good.