The Renaissance tradition
of art was considered “repugnant” and a “ghastly mistake” by
Braque and Picasso. What colossal arrogance. Soon other artists were
banishing color and form, and then art became purely abstract. These
artists sensed an opportunity to advance themselves, and I emphasize
themselves, and art
dealers on the edge, various hucksters, and art critics were happy to
follow them for the same largely selfish reasons, and sticking it to
the “establishment” was part of the deal.
Society
needs to be allowed to tell the difference between social and
anti-social art, just as it needs to be able to judge anti-social
criminals and non-criminals. It has been suggested that Chimpanzee's
create “art” mainly out of the joy of disruption, they are not
interested in the art later. Modern art is on that same
continuum.
Creativity
is of course good, invention is good, but human survival still
greatly depends on the culture it possesses. The cross-cultural
center for all cultures remains human nature, which remains
essentially the same as when it was developed during the million or
so years of the Pleistocene. Group selection remains the primary unit
of selection and individual selection follows after. In general
creativity and change need to be evolutionary not revolutionary.
It is the affirmation of what is held sacred by humans that has
defined high art throughout human history, which advanced humans and
human cultures, and it desperately needs to again.
Monday, October 26, 2020
The colossal arrogance of modern art (from the archive)
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