The Salon is always prissy and wrong; it represents an attempt to define that which is noveau by sticking to tradition a little too closely. Good art sometimes challenges people's perceptions of what art should be. These days, this sort of art is either 1) borderline illegal or 2) forgery to fool people--not of exact paintings but of an artist's style. I think it's great when people fool art critics. That's what art should be about, that revelation of stupidity.
Salon Selective
Date: 2002-09-02 05:54 am (UTC)Trickster