There's no fundamental difference in the quality/impact/effectiveness of e.g. Koons' art, and all the other visual artists. (Splitting hairs=narcissism of small differences.) But Koons makes lots of money so we can talk about what a joke his praxis is
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Replying to @suspendedreason
nah jeff koons is just a shitty guy who makes shitty art and sells it to shitty billionaires for ridiculous amounts of money
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there are of course lots of other people who make shitty art and can't sell it for any money but there's no natural schelling point for picking one of them to dunk on. plus you're right it would be mean, whereas koons can be likepic.twitter.com/jVl6iFZmHP
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I think my issue here is about hitrates, and how low a % of actually impactful/effective works get produced by VizArts as a discipline vs music, lit, dance, film.
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Which is to say, maybe there's a way to have the conversation without being mean & picking on anyone in particular
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seems like at some times and places, something like an “art world” contributes to fixing the world and making it beautiful, but our “art world” mostly contributes to decorating the insides of storage facilities
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(and polluting public spaces imo, what with the public art - I think the ugliness of public art in general may be connected to this though)
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Wait you're telling me these aren't beautifying, thought-provoking works here in grand ol New York City?pic.twitter.com/UzGfmrmCxO
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my town’s art budget has first dibs on leftover burning man garbage
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