Why Everybody Hates Contemporary Art — and Artists?
<p>What a statement. Unfortunately, it is not far from the truth. Of course, that “everybody” doesn’t include those within the art world, but rather the rest of the mortals who are supposed to experience and appreciate art and the work of the artist. And they are pissed. To be quite honest, I don’t blame them. It seems contemporary artists and art institutions have done everything they could to purposely exclude people who don’t belong from being part of the conversation with the undeniable help of the education system.</p>
<p>Contemporary art is difficult to classify. On one side, we still have artists who use classical artistic expressions in the creation of art, such as painting and sculpture. But new media art, produced using technology such as sound art, light art, or interactive installations, is also an important part of contemporary art. It might not be as popular in museums yet, maybe due to the elitism that is at the core of what is considered fine art that belongs in a museum exhibit and what isn’t, but it exists and I would dare to say it is the future of art ―I might be a bit biased as I have a BA in Art & Technology.</p>
<p>So contemporary art is broad in its form, but the key to its confusing nature for regular audiences is in its content and the attached value. Let’s look at a very recent example: <a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/italian-artist-auctioned-off-invisible-sculpture-18300-literally-made-nothing-1976181" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>the invisible sculpture by Italian artist Salvatore Garau</strong></a>, auctioned for $18,000. This artwork is literally made out of nothing, being the audience’s responsibility to shape the sculpture with their own imagination as per the artist’s intent. For someone who doesn’t belong to the art world, this of course feels like a joke, especially when asking for that amount of money that is what we align to its value.</p>
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