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This chapter resonated so much on me...

Modern art relies too much on the subjective. The problem with that is that it leaves way too much to the interpretation of the viewer, so anyone can gleam whatever they want from it, and some people use that to make themselves appear more clever than how they really are. There are entire careers on art built upon bullshit subjectivity, which is baffling to me.

If anyone can draw whatever conclusions they want from the art because it's too abstract, then what's the point the artist wanted to make in the first place? How can the artist disagree with the viewer if they left everything open to interpretation?

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NotYoshihide•

I work at a museum and this is very much the point of modern art.

Some of it isn't meant to be disagreed with, but those are pretty obvious: the piece titled "Life" with the pregnant woman is probably the only one that saw that falls into that category.

But the rest is all meant to invoke conversation and feelings based on what is shown. The piece Human Relationships they saw is a good example of the tangled web we weave of everyone's communication and confusion and using digital cables that are frayed represents our reliance on technology and the failures of that medium. Going along that thread, they're conclusion of needing more outlets is representative of our need as people to listen more, rather than trying to talk over each other. It's doesn't matter that they may not have connected those two things, but they understood the concept that "man, there's a bunch of cables all tangled. We need more outlets."

Hell, the Ecology piece they concluded was a Video Game Boss is not far off. If we're not careful with our environment, that's what's going to happen: Resident Evil style monsters coming out of radioactive swamps or something.

They actually did art properly.

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I totally agree with you.

I guess my problem is with people who make a living out of being snobby with their interpretations and use them as a high chair from where they judge both the artist and the viewer. The problem is that sometimes the artwork is so abstract that said high chair is just little more than a pantomime.

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foulbachelorlife•

Great chapter.

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xSTUPIDUDEx•

Baka being normal, and her friends agreeing with her is something that i didn't expected to see in this series.

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