Design is the New Art
So much of art is tired and trite. Often I go to a gallery and see the same old work, the same theme of a decade ago simply re-purposed for this new age. It is a shame that most artists and art critics have not developed past the seemingly adolescent stage of art, but are stuck on an ever rotating broken record that harps on feminist, racial, and sexual orientation issues. It is all part of the same art movement that began in the 60′s. For a time in late 80′s and early 90′s the art world appeared to move past this tired theme and focus on societal trends such as commercialization and consumption, but since then we have progressed very little.
The artists who have seen the light and understand that although all of these issues are still important in society they are not being addressed in any new or interesting way, therefore they must move on to more pressing and pertinent issues. They must find their way back to the art of subtle revelation of a piece, allowing the viewer to partake of the work using all their senses, contemplating the overt, and covert meanings. They must retrain the audience to want to work to get to the meaning of the art and find a satisfaction in not being given all of the answers up front.
