The creation of new art pieces and art movements are based on creativity and the charm of novelty, but lately these aspects tent to influence the entire processes. Nowadays it seems like it is more important to create something shocking and as unusually as possible than having a concept, traditional use of material or personal meaning or relation to the piece.
The values of traditions and use of structure is very important for the concept of a piece of art and even more for a series.
On the contrary it is not the case that today nobody is using organized principles anymore. Gerhard Richter http://www.gerhard-richter.com/ for incidence, also know as the Picasso of the 21. century uses a very organized and effective structure.
Many of Richter's paintings are made in a multi-step process of representations. He starts with a photograph, which he has found or taken himself, and projects it onto his canvas, where he traces it for exact form. Taking his color palette from the photograph, he paints to replicate the look of the original picture. His hallmark "blur"—sometimes a softening by the light touch of a soft brush, sometimes a hard smear by an aggressive pull with his squeegee. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Richter
Examples for extreme art which I consider nothing but hot air would be the the work of Johan Meese. To me he is pretty much the expression of innovation throughout controversy and ugliness. Have a look at an youtube interview that simply sums up his artwork and questionable self-expression.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aue-fnJNN28
Also questionable, but yet a famous piece of the century was the "Fettecke" by Joseph Beuys.Besides the fact that his work has more substance than the work of Meese because of the hint to social imbalance and topics like that, I'm still not convinced that pieces as the "Fettecke" weren't just products to attract peoples attention.
Concluding to say is that all over the globe, great art is been produced, even throughout expressive, emotional and spontaneous ways. I criticise art that only intense to be as shocking and controversial as possible without any substance. Most of the greatest artists in history and today had a concept and put meaning into their work without using far-fetched nonsense.
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I totally agree with ClumsyFellow.
ReplyDeleteArt should be an expression of emotion and thought and it that has been the case throughout human history. For the suppression of emotional needs had been the rule in the history people were shocked when artists confronted them with it in public. That was the explosive moment.
Today it seems artists like Meese and Beuys identify art with its effect, not with its soul. The article points that out clearly. It inspired me to make up my mind about this topic.