Art in Contemporary Society
<p><em>oday, no one denies the crucial role of art in his everyday life. From the music we listen to and all kinds of books, articles and content we read every day to various paintings hung on the walls, sculptures and constructions that are related to different eras in the cities and movies and theaters we watch; all are kinds of art that are essential parts of our lives. However, according to some artists and critics, art has not remained in the same position in which it has been in previous decades and its interaction with society and individuals has been altered a lot. This article aims to explain these manners in the contemporary period from a personal perspective.</em></p>
<h1>Not A New Discussion</h1>
<p>In 1945, the article <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/4609116?origin=crossref" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">“Art in Modern Society”</a> written by D. W. Gotshalk, mentioned two contributors for little effect of great art in twentieth century. The first is that the majority of acknowledged masterpieces did not belong to the twentieth century, and as a result, they seemed remote and incompletely understood at that time. The second reason refers to the educational methods that have been teaching people not to ponder and criticize reflectively which leads to a lifestyle that was changed in comparison with preceding eras. Since you have probably found it out, the reasons given by Gotshalk in former century can be easily applied to our time as well. For instance, it would definitely be hard to mention a few contemporary masterpieces while there are a bunch of them related to earlier eras and today’s education methods and lifestyles, even from highly optimistic views, cannot be supposed to be better than the twentieth century’s. Although, some factors in this manner seem to be similar to those of the past, there are other aspects that are specifically relevant to the present that are mentioned in the following paragraphs.</p>
<h1>TV & Governments</h1>
<p>Making improvement in people’s lives remains the lowest priority when it comes to TV production, which is typically done to amuse viewers. Therefore, it is crystal clear that the art forms included in these programs are mostly low-level ones. These kinds of art are absolutely understood by the majority of people without suffering from thinking too much. People are given what is planned by TV strategists who are assigned by governments to keep people under control and make them fools. Popularity and repetition of these programs make them stock in people’s minds, and these all seem to be kinds of media techniques to spread a purposeful doctrine designed by governments. So, what is the effect of low-level art that is used in TV programs? When politics are added to art, it gets subjectively transformed into something different that does not have the same goals and valuable messages anymore because governments have their own targets and messages that are not artistic at all.</p>
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