Criticism of modern art Catherine meslin

[LCR]

Here's an abbreviated translate a few more chapters from the book Catherine meslin "Mirages of modern art" (I have already placed Chapter of impressionism). As always, the translation of crude (translated easily and fairly pleasant, but to edit - prenudneyshee lesson).

The twentieth century, a century of domination of the consumer society and the triumph of technology, was marked by the worship of novelty to such an extent that in English the term appeared «moving», which can be translated as "dvizhennichestvo. Arts & Humanities - both modern and relevant - not avoid it influences. In regard to his relationship to time, Actual is the successor of Contemporary Art, and not only chronologically, but also metaphysically.

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Darwinism art schools

The idea that today's art is much better than yesterday, but tomorrow will surpass the art of today, it is fundamental to the era of the Impressionists. Of course, technological progress has had influence on the development of this idea - perhaps an impetus to the emergence of Contemporary Art after the invention of photography as an artistic avant-garde can appear only when the painting, freed from the need to portray reality, looking for new opportunities: to survive, it must resist technical reproduction. This "bolba for survival" artistic genres leads to a certain Darwinism: If there is only a new and more adapted, will experiment! Tradition, the fruit of the experience of bygone days, when technology did not threaten the painting looks like a dinosaur, an endangered species, which urgently need to disown. The fact that we were given for the progress, in fact nothing more than "retreat ahead.

But how to find the plastic forms, which would not be associated with forms of the past? Deconstruction of the form - this is the response of Contemporary Art. Chiaroscuro is eliminated in favor of the stroke (Impressionism), and then swab is treated with almost scientific precision (neo-impressionism). Tone relationships are replaced by color (Fauvism), three-dimensional space loses its meaning (cubism), develops the art of collage, a taste for materialngosti component picture, and finally, the concrete forms disappear, and artists are beginning to be interested only verticals, horizontals and simple colors (Mondrian even quarreled with his friend Wang Duisburg, who believed that the diagonals also have the right to exist) ... Now we see that this deconstruction of all components of pictorial language followed a certain logic that give the history of modern art element of determinism. Vain every artistic direction has announced in his numerous manifestos, that "his" deconstruction - the best and, more importantly, the latter - she wiped off deconstruction, invented the following directions.

«new is always perfectly" and other sophistries

This is a "retreat forward" was made possible only through elementary sophistry, to adopt: the premise (not unobjectionable): "Any great work of art contains elements of novelty", it was concluded that "any work of fine, if it is new."

Actual art continues to this idea, declaring: "The beauty - this is the novelty," that is independent essence of beauty is denied, it becomes synonymous with innovation.

Such intellectual balancing act is typical for modern art - so on the understanding that the invention of each new product generates a shock, it concludes: "All innovation is shocking. The fact that new phenomena often give rise to misunderstanding, leads to surprising consequences: "I buy a piece of art, which I am most unclear" - recognizes one collector. Based on the fact that the genius inherent frustration, the eternal hesitations, superhuman traits, it is argued that any throwing of any dissatisfaction proved genius.
Giving the novelty value is accompanied by giving momentary value. Accordingly, the duration, the notion of effort, the work loses appeal and value. When momentary perception is impossible to form an opinion based on aesthetic criteria, in extreme sluyaae, it will be based on the test pleasure /displeasure. But some works of art are revealed to us in time (often the ones who will be most important for us), require consideration. One of the leading ideas of modern art proclaims that appears above the momentum of contemplation. The joy of culture is only possible in over time - it requires the formation of taste, knowledge - but Actual art finds all these categories of "prejudice" and accuses the audience that operate them, as it accuses the artist who owns their craft.

Revised the past or Mozart - what a crap »

Do not think that the tyranny of novelty extends only to modern and contemporary art. Boomerang effect is the perception spread throughout the history of art. Historians have different directions trying to identify and glorify the past, any formal innovation. The logic of modern art is a sense of history and the existence of the ancestors justified the existence of only subsequent generations: every artist is useful only to the next artist, and he himself does, he is of no interest.
Discredited the entire culture of the past: Mozart used the formal language of his predecessors, not inventing anything, therefore, for modern art, he is deprived of whatever value. Mozart - what a crap! "- Hear a whisper at dinner parties. The conclusion that "lousy" Mozart man, brought up on the concept of "modernity" does not on the basis of what he hears, but based on speculation ...

The postulate of linear evolution of the art comfort, contemporary, who received him, feels a sense of omnipotence - he is on top of this evolution. But it has to pay: the historical determinism distorts the past, shutting out from him all that was not to adopt the (as yet not been taken), our modern, despising and forgetting everything that does not serve the topic of the day. In our ancestors, we see only ourselves.

This passion for innovation was entirely alien to our ancestors. Creators of the Renaissance worshiped Antiquity, many believed that it can not be exceeded. Is standing in front of cave paintings in Lascaux, we will repeat: "as a primitive '? No, art is born perfect.

Chredvychayno repetitivnoe art

In 1917 Marcel Duchamp bought in a big department store BHV stand for bottles, one of the first "assignment", which replaced the artistic gesture. Ninety-seven years later BHV pays homage to modern art. Bernard Lave, one of the stars of modern art in France, the film took the same stand for bottles, and video system throughout the day showed his film in the store. Regular visitors to the shop and stop waiting for that on the screen something happens, but nothing happens. Contemplation of the stationary stand for bottles impression only dealing with - just think of it, the product of the Marcel Duchamp!
Another example: Manzoni exhibited in 1961 box, which was called «Merda d'artista» (artist's shit) - in Italian it sounds more blagozvuchno.Tsentr Pompidou purchased this product, as Manzoni - an artist of extraordinary depth, he plays with plozheniya psychoanalysis that artistic activity - a sublimation naitrivialneyshey physiological activity. After forty years, Francois Bouillon founded on a piece of shit his entire career! He was even appointed a member of quite a serious and authoritative advice on the procurement of the National Fund of modern art. The cultural center Issoire Bouillon in 1995 put his project in 2000 with photographs and explanatory text. I quote the text of the catalog: "The project is to mark the contour of the shadow of St. Ostremuana Issuarskogo daily net Friday 2000, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and fix this image forever by setting the contour of the seven gold-plated kakashek. I still kept the letter directress of the cultural center, in which she complains of mossy reactionaries, because of which the project was not implemented.

Other artists go without a tribute of respect to his predecessors. Thus, with the 60-ies. Buren "makes" the strip, and repeats Toroni small square - this unwavering loyalty cost him the 1995 National Grand Prix of painting.

But stop at the works, svyazvnnyh over time. "81 Years» - is a film, continuing 81 years old, therefore, to see it completely impossible: "It offers the image, changes in which, like the movement of watch hands, almost imperceptible. It extended to the extreme measures the time "...

In December 1981 g.prestizhny magazine Art Press published an article entitled: "The Art of the end of art ... ten years, and in February 1986 - "From the death of art to fashion to art, how to get out of the situation" ... seems that out of this situation is not ...

It should be noted that Western civilization is marking time was unprecedented - in contrast to other civilizations, for example, Egyptian art, which changes very slowly over 3 thousand years of its existence, Western art is characterized by great ingenuity. Art schools succeed each other: Van Eyck - a contemporary Fra Angelico. In the nineteenth century observed the same diversity: Fragonard died in the beginning of this century, Picasso began operations at its end. What a contrast to the immobility Duchamp! Postmodernism denies any continuous development, and sometimes he quotes the art of the past, but never develops it for real.

The Art of the closed mind

Visitors to the exhibition, which surprised that the artists of modern art is constantly repeated, indignant at the museum said: "Sir, but these artists - adherents of the concept repetition!"
Any system which is closed on itself, creates contempt for everything that is not the system, and the adherents of modern art ever shown their contempt and their hatred for all who do not share their views. So, Jean Clair, while director of the Picasso Museum, critically related to the actual art on the colloquium portrayer of the Academy of Arts named "Hitler". In his book "Masters of censorship" Elizabeth Levy has devoted a chapter entitled "The Art of hatred", such methods disqualification. Criticism of Contemporary Art, according to his followers, is not opinion, but a criminal offense, and it frees them from having to respond to it differently than insults at "criminals".

Phobia past

Actual art is not limited to walking along a closed circle. It must avoid what awaits societies have lost their memory: those who forget the past are condemned to perezhit.Kak that reappeared Rembrandt or Delacroix? Monstrous prospect for Contemporary Art, which hates the past, which has been a real phobia of the past.

The fact that the relevance of art belongs to the past, as to the plight House. Thus, in some texts, love for the beauty of the past is defined as "a nostalgic temptation", and infers that he who feels it is on the verge of losing mental balance.
Actual Art believes that someone who is rooted in the past, can not be modern. We must kill the father, to avoid comparisons with him, so society should abandon all traditions, from the transmission of values from one generation to another.

Unable to destroy the past, Actual Art commits fraud in an attempt to replace the past of his specially manufactured for the occasion ersatz.

[fross]

It seems to me that the quest for novelty and substitution for that purpose all the rest leads to a deadlock. In any case, what had been seen at the Moscow Biennale is not caused not so much the desire to buy, and even re-see.
This kind of inventiveness, and handicrafts. Maybe it can not I see this art?

[Евгений]

Сообщение от fross

Maybe it can not I see this art?

You just love classical art,
but afraid to admit it (and suddenly I seem out of fashion?), relating to contemporary art I have exactly the same as you.

[dedulya37]

Сообщение от Eugene

You just love classical art
but afraid to admit it (and suddenly I seem out of fashion?), relating to contemporary art I have exactly the same as you.

Eugene, but you never thought about that all more or less "ustakanennoe" say "This is - a classic!" ? Even pro kvass in advertising is saying.
But no reason not to say "This is - aktualika, impressionistika, modernistika, kubistika" etc.
So classical art still matter?

[fross]

Сообщение от Eugene

You just love classical art
but afraid to admit it (and suddenly I seem out of fashion?), relating to contemporary art I have exactly the same as you.

No, I just love art. And classic and current.

Give me where to read the review and assessment of young Russian authors and it is desirable that the art would not be not objective with any gallery, interested in promoting their authors. And it's very interesting to read a comparative analysis of our authors and their place in the world the pyramid in terms of their general cultural values, rather than cash.
There must be some kind of hierarchy. Otherwise, it would appear that the art market further away from art and closer to the market.

[Евгений]

dedulya37, Sasha
You know in the west, what we call Socialist Realism, Neo-believe, and rightly so.
  While this is personal opinion, but in the near future may become the basis for the generally accepted estimates of Soviet art. The fact that the people who created the Soviet art school - Igor Grabar, Konstantin Juon, Isaac Brodsky - were followers and adherents, quite the Impressionist napravleniya.Tak that not all of the classic notion of simply ..
The bourgeois fellows, 20 years buying up our classics .. while we slam the ears ..

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Сообщение от fross

Give me where to read the review and assessment of young Russian authors

This was written several times, there are links to blogs Markina, Gelman, etc. (see useful links). on blogs in great detail discussing this topic 24 hours sutki.Esli you want to seriously look into this subject just read carefully what they say in online blogs, comments, and after 3-4 months, you will get the real picture is that happening on the contemporary art market, who is the best contemporary artists (Russia), what their hierarchy ..
With your approach, and the desire to explore this topic, it is not difficult.
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It is necessary, enter into this groups (let until vertualno), is the only way.

[dedulya37]

Сообщение от Eugene

what we call Socialist Realism, Neo-believe, and rightly so

Is this even a question, and the fact that the so-called - is one reason: the word "Impressionism" is simply transformed into a different meaning (like "Office - a chest of drawers and office - meeting people) because of an incorrect translation from the English, who later became" a household word .
If someone from our say "impressionism" immediately think of Renoir, Monet, Van Goga, etc.
Foreigners understand the word "Impressionism" as "impression" (something new for them, previously unknown). Well, then, of course, critics have tried to just use the word, alluding to the fact that our artists continue the tradition of Impressionism.
As a result, there was a substitution of one concept to others and Theurer only people who practice the art of close, can understand "who's who".
This term is firmly entrenched in our lexicon due to the fault of translators, such things happen.
After all, we say "T itler", and correctly, then "X itler", given the German pronunciation. And such examples mass.

And the fact that the bourgeois fellows, that you have rightly said. The first began searching for the country Kollern Matthew Bown. Then he grabbed the initiative by Raymond Johnson, who is considered the owner of the largest collections of Russian-Soviet art in America.

http://www.tmora.org/about.html

[Евгений]

Сообщение от dedulya37

Then he grabbed the initiative Raymond Johnson

In Russia, everyone knows it, all that is best in the west of socialist realism in it.

[LCR]

Сообщение от dedulya37

If someone from our say "impressionism" immediately think of Renoir, Monet, Van Goga, etc.
Foreigners understand the word "Impressionism" as "impression" (something new for them, previously unknown). Well, then, of course, critics have tried to just use the word, alluding to the fact that our artists continue the tradition of Impressionism.

Hi, Grandpa

No, all over the world, having heard the word "impressionism", think about the same artists - Monet, Renoir, Pissarro ...
The fact that the words "impressionnisme" ( "vpechatlennichestvo") does not exist, he invented a critic who so christened the paintings of Claude Monet, mogie of which were called "The impression (impression). Sunrise", "Impression, Sunset" and t . e.

"Neo" or "post-Impressionism" - in principle terms, firmly enshrined in the French puantellistami end of XIX century - Seurat, Signac, etc.
Socialist realism and the West called socialist realism. But really, nothing prevents to use the term "Neo" in relation to some future socialist realists of the older generation.

[dedulya37]

Dear, LCR, so I said that "Theurer only people closely involved in the art can understand" who's who ".
And the word "our" I meant simply lovers of beauty.