Now look, I won't deny I'm not a fan of modern art myself, but I'm also a strong proponent of 'art is in the eye of the beholder' and hate the overall art elitism mindset. If people wanna spend their money on what is essentially a rectangle of color, a dot, whatever, that's their business. If they wanna spend eighty million on a lost Van Gogh, that's also their business.
Now look, I won't deny I'm not a fan of modern art myself, but I'm also a strong proponent of 'art is in the eye of the beholder' and hate the overall art elitism mindset. If people wanna spend their money on what is essentially a rectangle of color, a dot, whatever, that's their business. If they wanna spend eighty million on a lost Van Gogh, that's also their business.
Pretty much anybody left of your average Tumblrina is a fascist as far as they're concerned.
But really it does highlight that you can't just have different taste on Tumblr. If you don't care for something they like you are literally a fascist, which is absurd. You could say that modern art sparking debate over what is and isn't art is itself a positive thing, as it allows for an exchange of ideas and values. You have those who value technical skill and those who value bold ideas and challenging conventions. Most people who don't care for modern art usually don't seek to destroy it, though they may feel alienated by it. Could not modern art represent an elite upper-class gatekeeping what is valued as "high" art, without regard for the working class masses, therefore perpetuating class warfare? Or is modern art made with less technical skill a way of democratizing art, by saying that ideas are what's more important than skill cultivated by years of training, which not everybody can afford? And before you argue that only wealthy art students could afford the luxury of creating what we consider modern art, consider the outsider art phenomenon.
The problem with declaring people who feel a certain way about art as being fascist is that it aims to shut down that discussion by making a declaration they don't want challenged, since anybody challenging it would be a fascist or one of those pesky devil's advocates so hated by Tumblr SJWs. Art is subjective, though. You can't really make generalizing declarative statements about it or its audience and their perceptions and just expect people to take your opinion as the most absolute of authority just because that's your personal narrative and you think you're right. There is no absolutism in art. Perhaps that's the point they'd like to make, why fascists would not like modern art, but the way they argue it defeats their own stated purpose. So I call bullshit on that.
TL;DR people can feel a certain way about art and not be fucking Nazis, you hyperbolic ninny.
Now look, I won't deny I'm not a fan of modern art myself, but I'm also a strong proponent of 'art is in the eye of the beholder' and hate the overall art elitism mindset. If people wanna spend their money on what is essentially a rectangle of color, a dot, whatever, that's their business. If they wanna spend eighty million on a lost Van Gogh, that's also their business.
Honestly, it says a lot about the lowermost replies that the second they're given a legitimate, intelligent reply to an argument, something non-combative and which actually spurs on a nice discussion--they just shut down. Not listening anymore. Everyone they don't like is a facist. It's just beyond them to argue with someone without insulting them.
Now look, I won't deny I'm not a fan of modern art myself, but I'm also a strong proponent of 'art is in the eye of the beholder' and hate the overall art elitism mindset. If people wanna spend their money on what is essentially a rectangle of color, a dot, whatever, that's their business. If they wanna spend eighty million on a lost Van Gogh, that's also their business.
Well, if you read the whole thing the first few posters are apparently self-proclaimed facists.
Nazis aside, the stereotype seems to be that the people who bash abstract art "just don't get it" but from my experience it seems to be the reverse, with people who don't have a developed sense of aesthetics flocking to modern art exhibitions to pretend they have taste and feel "cultured". That one of the people in that post actually thinks disliking abstract art is inherently anti-intellectual is pretty telling.
Don't get me wrong, there are pieces of abstract art that are important, but not because of the actual art but because of the context they were created in. They have value in the reactions they provoked and continue to have value in making you think as you read about the impact they had at the time. Looking at them as stand-alone pieces is pointless, they aren't primarily art, they are social statements.
Yet you have people going to modern art museums and staring at a blank canvas for 10 minutes to feel culturally enriched without bothering to read anything about its history. Oh man, the sheer whiteness really makes you think, huh? Just, how much more white could it be? The answer is none. None more white. Wouldn't wanna be anti-intellectual.
The vast majority of modern abstract art is completely vapid, because it is just imitating other pieces of abstract art and is either made by idiots or people deliberately out to scam idiots.
But what do I know, I'm just an anti-intellectual facist.
Setting aside political views, I don't understand why you couldn't at least talk art with a Nazi without also talking about fascism. A broken Nazi watch still displays the correct time twice a day.
Also, unrelated to paintings and Nazis, want to see something that will open your mind? This is a scene from the movie Fritz the Cat. This movie was made in 1972. That's 44 years ago.
One of the theories that the Nazis (and other fascist groups) mistrust abstract art is because abstract art is ideological in a way that isn't explicit, and thus not subject to control. In other words, they worry about artists slipping pass problematic messages that bypass state censorship.
What we have today is the exact opposite: "artists" being extremely explicit in their political affiliation (which is always anti-establishment, because this is what sells). The press love this shit; leftist urban "intellectuals" lap it up like honey, and of course Tumblr is up in arms in their defense. The old "white squares on white canvas" stuff doesn't cut it anymore.
Lord help that child. How the fuck do people like this even find someone to have children with, and how the fuck are they allowed to keep the children?
Piss off, you entitled spoiled shit.
You want them to apologize for "ignoring" your homosexuality? How dare they treat you like a normal person! They should be showering you in gifts because, after all, you're a millennial teenager who thinks they're gay and feels oppressed by minuscule things!
Now look, I won't deny I'm not a fan of modern art myself, but I'm also a strong proponent of 'art is in the eye of the beholder' and hate the overall art elitism mindset. If people wanna spend their money on what is essentially a rectangle of color, a dot, whatever, that's their business. If they wanna spend eighty million on a lost Van Gogh, that's also their business.
Oh no, how dare you not like pretentious bullshit with no meaning that's only meant for equally pretentious """"artists"""" feel smart about and make money off of?! YOU MUST BE A NAZI WHO HATES FREE THOUGHT!
I'm betting they mostly dislike classical art because "too many white people" and their precious little POC didn't make art like that (yet they never show appreciation for true tribal art...)
While I understand that not everybody wants kids, this is a whole new ballpark: View attachment 136047
I believe this is the same blogger who wrote that "foreskin removal" post I screencapped a while back. She ended up deleting her birdiechain blog, too.
I hope those two never have children. God knows what they'd do to their poor son, and they'd do everything to turn their daughter into a raging sexist that thinks all men are rapists.
