Quote Originally Posted by nik0tine View Post
nik0tine, even your example of "good" modern art is trash in my opinion. I just don't like or understand most modern art.
Fair enough. This artist does have a history of being not liked, I guess. I do believe the Nazis went as far to burn his work for being 'degenerate' in the second world war. However, I don't think it is disputable that this painting is at least better than that stupid star spangled ice cream cone.
Well, I don't think I'd go far enough to call it "trash", but I do understand what she means. I don't really quite understand most modern art I've seen myself. Sometimes I feel like other people see things in it that I'm just plain not capable of seeing [and it feels a little depressing because I end up feeling shallow somehow because of it]. However, even though I don't understand that painting, I think it's clearly not "ridiculous" or anything. And as you said it's by far towering in superior quality to that silly statue head thing. The only reason why I don't think I connect well with it is because those colours aren't exactly my favourite [yellows/oranges]. Sometimes I feel like I'm shallow because the only art I look to is art of "pretty" things, haha. Things like beautiful photography or paintings of outdoor scenery, beautiful cities, beautiful people and things, etc. I also think this extends to anime art since I think it can be quite mature and serious, but that's just me. This is just my personal taste though. One thing I really enjoy is anything constructed with a nice look and colour palette. I even consider really nice forum skins, or skins/themes for programs to be considered art as well.