Pull Your Head Out of Your Art
"In the brave new world of post-modernism, the individual is no longer anchored in time or space. Both have been rendered obsolete in life as they have in science, because they are beyond normal human comprehension and based on assumptions that are subject to doubt." H.W. Janson, History of Art Vol. II
Listen to that crap. I like a lot of contemporary art, but I hate all that stupid "intellectual" post-modernist thinking. Get over your puny selves, I say. How, Mr. H.W. Janson, do you define "normal human comprehension"? If by that you mean a five year-old doesn't get it off hand, then I am with you when you say time and space are confusing. But to say that ideas of time or space are OBSOLETE in life and especially in science is pure ignorance. And because you post-modern artists/authors have pondered everything worth pondering and still can't get past the disjuction between Newtonian and quantum physics, you are an ass and not worth listening to. Sure, you might come across an interesting idea or visual by accident with your flawed logic, but so do children. So get off your lame high horse, and stop being so classist.
Also, no one likes the over-used reference to Brave New World; it stinks of freshman composition class.
Listen to that crap. I like a lot of contemporary art, but I hate all that stupid "intellectual" post-modernist thinking. Get over your puny selves, I say. How, Mr. H.W. Janson, do you define "normal human comprehension"? If by that you mean a five year-old doesn't get it off hand, then I am with you when you say time and space are confusing. But to say that ideas of time or space are OBSOLETE in life and especially in science is pure ignorance. And because you post-modern artists/authors have pondered everything worth pondering and still can't get past the disjuction between Newtonian and quantum physics, you are an ass and not worth listening to. Sure, you might come across an interesting idea or visual by accident with your flawed logic, but so do children. So get off your lame high horse, and stop being so classist.
Also, no one likes the over-used reference to Brave New World; it stinks of freshman composition class.
posted by Stephen "Steve" at 9/22/2004 11:53:00 AM
4 Comments:
I mostly agree with you. Saying postmodernism is timeless is like saying tomorrowland at disney is a vision of the future when clearly it is a 1960's version of the future. Postmodernism is just a 20th century version of timelessness but is stamped indelibly with our stink.
Like Startrek. Or Luke's haircut in Starwars.
exaaaaaactly
I always loved Back to the Future II's version of the future. Those self sealing Nike's were sweet! And hoverboards? Hell, yeah!