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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bluemoon, post: 143026, member: 1296&quot;]The whole price debate and the &quot;this is art, THAT isn&#039;t&quot; -thing I&#039;m so over.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m only going to say, overall, ever when it comes to this subject:</p><p><br /></p><p>The art world has gotten rather lazy.</p><p><br /></p><p>I visited a not-so-high-end gallery that showcases local new-ish-comer artists work recently and there was a &#039;painting&#039; that was a black dot in the middle of the paper. How original..</p><p>Also a lot of the &quot;random paint stains wiped onto the canvas&quot; type.</p><p>So I think a lot of the art these days is made by business-people who are ripping everyone off, trying to make something that isn&#039;t much anything into something great and grand. OF COURSE you can see art in anything and everything and explain this and that about a toilet brush. But do you want to pay a lot for it?</p><p>A lot of the contemporary art today is plain boring and dry and so lazy that there are only a few fancy words to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The artists have gotten lazy.</p><p><br /></p><p>The days of painting night and day to support yourself are over.. these days a well-off 30-something hipster right out of art school paints two brush-strokes on a canvas and it&#039;s a 3000$ piece of art. Easy and quick, no effort or real inspiration required.</p><p><br /></p><p>There seem to be two ways these days: the one I just mentioned and then the &quot;I&#039;m bragging online about how realistic images I can draw&quot; -artists.</p><p>Both are uninspiring and bland as an unripe pear. If the techniques are there, 99,9% of the time that&#039;s all there is (art-teacher syndrome as I call it.. Those who can&#039;t do, teach.)</p><p><br /></p><p>This is one of the most difficult subjects.. If a piece of art is cheap, does that mean it&#039;s not special or beautiful enough to be desired?</p><p>If a piece of art is expensive, does it mean it&#039;s become merely a symbol of status?</p><p><br /></p><p>Why do we have to define &quot;art&quot;? Is it the human consciousness trying to put a frame on its idea of worth vs. plain beauty?</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope you enjoyed my pseudo-philosophical rant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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