#NRx's rejection of modernity implied a return to primitive modernism and its romanticization of "premodern" style characteristics.
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Gauguin, Rousseau, Picasso; primitivism always relied on an underlying colonialist current--appropriating premodern to reform the classical.
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But when you look at it, there are artists throughout the industrial era that have been rejecting (at least certain facets of) modernity.
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Pre-Raphaelites stand out to me, primarily because their "primitivizing" elements stemmed more from Quattrocento than your usual African.
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Point being, all of these artists sought to re-enchant industrial society by presenting what they thought to be the inverse of classicism.
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#NRx, the monarchists were the closest to that in terms of beliefs; which is why they sucked so much ass. -
This is where the whole accelerationist "anti-praxis" comes in; where artists' concerns stem more from oversaturation than anything else.
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Oversaturation? (I've lost the thread here.)
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Oversaturation of style characteristics; back then, artists could easily pin down what they saw as everything wrong with the art world.
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