1. Discussing video: Why is Modern Art So Bad?
Why is judging art different from judging figure skating?
**Is it true that art has no rules?**
In a super vague sense:
Rule of modern art = “Surprise me”
Rule of traditional art = “Move me”
2. Discussing video: Why is Modern Art So Bad?
Why is judging art different from judging figure skating?
“I like that painting, therefore it’s objectively good;
I don’t like that one, therefore it’s objectively bad.”
3. Discussing video: Why is Modern Art So Bad?
“I like that painting, therefore it’s objectively good;
I don’t like that one, therefore it’s objectively bad.”
Actually, everyone says this…
Fans of Picasso, Da Vinci,
Drake, Daffy Duck--every art
critic argues that his or her
favorite art or music is
objectively good
13. What do you think a Damien Hirst fan would say
about landscape paintings with fluffy clouds?
14. Puzzle:
I can make an educated guess about your political
views if I know that you love modern art. Why?
Why do modern art and liberal politics go hand-in-
hand?
Repubs like
Modern
Traditional
Democrats like
Modern Art
Traditional
Art
15. Possibly:
Modern art is inclusive of
all different kinds of artists
(a “big tent”)
Everyone welcome
except realists.
Possibly:
To get the public to
embrace modern art, you
need critics to sell it hard.
Those art critics tend to
come from academia and
the world of journalism,
which are filled with about
80% democrats.
Possibly:
difficult and inaccessible
works of culture serve as a
membership badge in
society's upper strata
16. Some people like this
Other people like this:
Therefore, is beauty totally (or somewhat) in
the eye of the beholder? Explain.
