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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Inspired by that thread about menu items in restaurants, I've heard this about art on museum and gallery walls. Is it low class, or unaware or uneducated? Or maybe it's a perfectly normal response to contemporary abstract art.[/quote] NP. As always this depends on the situation. Sometimes a comment like this demonstrates a lack of education. There are situations in which abstract art is remarkably compelling and deep. Usually the artists in those situations are very skilled, and have the ability to make a leap in genres that is impactful. Sometimes a comment like this reflects a precise identification of a grift. The idea that grift doesn’t exist in the art world is just the narcissism of artists at work and a deep fear that the grift won’t be perpetuated. They lash out at those accurately identifying their grift as “uneducated” because the correct identification of grift will stop it. [/quote]
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