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Michele Rushworth · 01-09-2002, 10:03 PM

This post was motivated by some comments in other threads about how realism is or isn't valued in the art world today and I just wanted to share my perspective on it.

It has always seemed to me that the more obscure and unattractive a work of art was, the more praise it got from the influential people in the "art world". It's just like the "Emperor's New Clothes." No one wants to admit that the latest ugly, confusing, objet d'art is really ugly and confusing for fear that they will seem "unsophisticated" to others. A work of representational art that is beautiful and easy to understand is derided as too simplistic. People think to themselves, "if I can understand it, it must not be profound enough".

Any comments?

01-09-2002, 10:03 PM	#1
Michele Rushworth CAFE & BUSINESS MODERATOR SOG Member FT Professional Joined: Jul 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 3,460	Realism in the art world today This post was motivated by some comments in other threads about how realism is or isn't valued in the art world today and I just wanted to share my perspective on it. It has always seemed to me that the more obscure and unattractive a work of art was, the more praise it got from the influential people in the "art world". It's just like the "Emperor's New Clothes." No one wants to admit that the latest ugly, confusing, objet d'art is really ugly and confusing for fear that they will seem "unsophisticated" to others. A work of representational art that is beautiful and easy to understand is derided as too simplistic. People think to themselves, "if I can understand it, it must not be profound enough". Any comments? __________________ Michele Rushworth www.michelerushworth.com [email protected]