[b]David Hockney
All art is contemporary, if it’s alive, and if it’s not alive, what’s the point of it?[/b]
Yep, sounds like something an artist would say.
Until cubism, all art, all pictures, could be ‘read’ by anybody. If this hadn’t been so, the Christian message wouldn’t have been seen by peasants and its importance would have been diminished.
Let’s file this one under, “I was just about to ask you what it means.”
Cubism was an attack on the perspective that had been known and used for 500 years. It was the first big, big change. It confused people: they said, ‘Things don’t look like that!’
They still don’t.
In one gallery they actually had a notice which said, ‘No Sketching.’ How obnoxious! I said, How do you think these things got on the walls if there was no sketching?
Indeed, here’s another complaint about that: theguardian.com/artanddesig … -draconian
Drawing makes you see things clearer, and clearer and clearer still, until your eyes ache.
On the other hand: thinking may or may not make you see things clearer, and clearer and clearer still, until your brain aches.
The only people who need degrees are dentists and brain surgeons.
You know, in a perfect world.