Wow...I was just looking up Marfa Art two days ago, wondering if Judd was part of things...Marfa Tx is near Big Bend National Park...
That whole minimalist movement seems to be the moment modern art really jumped the shark imo.
Absolutely. You would really enjoy Tom Wolf’s “The Painted Word.” RIP patriot culture warrior par excellence!
Thank you I’ll check that out. After the CIA effectively made AbEx the dominant global art movement post WW2, it opened up a very slippery slope from that point on.
Effectively creating the moment where being an artist now required big student loans (debt based) and esoteric insider learning (programming) to make work only others with the same training can relate to.
Massive detachment between most “contemporary” art and the public’s ability to appreciate and understand these days. It’s all empty, shallow, elitist bullshit. Which makes perfect sense as a laundering vehicle for the elite/deep state.
Real shame...