minimalism

[mdeli]

jkea...@aol.com wrote:
>Viewers have
>become accustomed to absorbing the information more quickly.

Viewers have gotten used to looking at most Modern Academic paintings
for about fifteen seconds because that is all their information
content requires.

> Similarly,
>those who view the fine arts may develop an ability to get more
>information from a minimalist work than would have been possible in the
>past.

>The problem with all non-representational art is, it's more difficult to
>determine if the artist is shamming.

Critics claim to be sensitive enough to distinguish the museum quality
schmier from mere crap. Who’s shamming?

> If you look at a Raphael or Vermeer,
>or a photorealist work, it's easy to see the craft, because the work is
>representative of our three-dimensional "real" world. We each have to
>develop an aesthetic of non-representational art.

We haven’t developed an "aesthetic of non-representational art" in the
last 70 years because there ain’t none.

There is lots of fine non representational art: Art Deco and Nouveau.
There is all sorts of abstraction in fine illustration. We don’t have
to develop anything in order to appreciate fine design. What one has
to develop in order to appreciate Modern Academic Art is a huge
tolerance for nebulous Artspeak.

>Ultimately, though, the
>appreciation of non-representational art, including most minimalism,
>becomes highly subjective, more so than with representational art, I
>believe. Some people don't like minimalism, but I think they need to make
>a better case than to attack it merely on technical grounds. Using the
>photorealists as a benchmark, you could as easily attack Raphael.

I attack modernistic minimalism as lacking in skill just for starters.
It also lacks content, creativity and intellect. Its a put-on.

It is completely valid to reduce an image to its minimum if it
contains artistic qualities, starting with technique. I sight oriental
minimalism, Japanese prints and even cartoons and comic books.
Abstract minimalism, the oldest of the fine arts can be found in
Japanese textile design all the way to ancient Greek decoration.

Modern Academic schmier, splat and stripes etc. minimalism isn’t
minimalism in any artistic sense. It always needs an Artspeak sermon
in order to describe its supposed merits to an impressionable viewer.

The Modern style minimalists value lies in his ability to instill self
delusion. Its success at this will prove to be temporary.

Mani DeLi
...no skill no art
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Mani DeLi
...no skill no art

Check out my webpage to see some of my work and a Skeptical View of Modern Art at: http://www.interlog.com/~hugod