I’m blogging because of a comment I got lately from a realistic artist about Jackson Pollack and his drip paintings. I am an artist well trained and I am fairly knowledgeable with art history or at least interested enough to check out my facts and read into it some more. I felt the need to write more than just a reply about the discipline and undisciplined of individual artists.
My concern is not what the Modern artists did like Pollock or Picasso but my issue is with what the MODERNISTS did? And who were they? The fact of the matter is you don’t become aware of things until they relate to you once you start having kids you start thinking more about the family unit, traditions, and of course religion.
In retrospect it was during the 20Th century that they believed if it was not modern it will be rejected. So what did they do? They rejected traditional forms of art, architecture, literature, religious faith, and social organization ( like the family).
I have issues with some of the above.
I understand that art is a reflection of our society and our life. and that art, science, and history have this universal connection. It couldn’t be more true today than ever.
So my question is what do we do as 21TH century artists to turn it around and bring back what the modernists took away (or rejected). Are we past the point of no return as a society and is the theory that we are not evolving but degenerating coming true.
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