"The entanglement of big money with art has become a curse on how art is made, controlled, and above all - in the way that it’s experienced."
The above quote, by Robert Hughes himself nails one of the biggest issues with art, in my opinion, right on the head. This film or documentary, with Hughes going from place to place, person to person and year to year really brings pressing issues upon the foundation of art.
Why are we paying so much for this stuff?
Hughes argues that this art, most of it, really isn't that spectacular, tasteful or just wowing in the way DaVinci and others of that nature. Now this sounds like a stubborn old mans devotion to his own beliefs but he, in my opinion is totally right.
I have always had a problem with, just because your (f)art(s) don't stink that they are worth millions of dollars. I mean, we have discussed this again and again, yes the droplets of paint are nice and I'm sure it wasn't as easy as a child making a mess. But millions of dollars.. really? No disrespect to Warhol, he was a fan favorite talented artist, but a painting of a can of a name brand of soup selling for $6 million dollars at an auction.. what have we become?
Hughes backbone and outlying start of this problem was when, of course the Mona Lisa was moved to New York. He says, without being so offensive to America, because he has lived here for a long time, that it was just a disgrace.
He says people were lining up to see the Mona Lisa, just to simply say they saw it, not because they wanted to gander and speculate on this piece of art. Not only that.. he says it really isn't that spectacular in its own sense. It is nothing of beauty (to him) and for this piece of art to be a spotlight for a circus is just disgraceful.
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