Realistic portrayal
Looking through the gallery I was stuck by the realistic portrayal of most of the images prior to the last century, compared to contemporary painting and art, which seem to be becoming more free and less time consuming to produce. http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/tentoonstellingen/index.jsp?lang=en (exibitions at the Rijks)
I can see sides to both forms; contemporary art needs to be thought about and quite often explained to the viewer, whereas less contemporary work seems to tell stories or you can see quite easily what's going on and you can also read in to it more or less. Work at the moment has become more elitist and for certain people to look at and understand. This is a bit like the old perceptions of art for the rich and royalty and less like art for the masses. This seemed to happen in the 60’s and 70’s with pop art and people like Andy Warhol.
The seventies was a good era for art as with the freedom of speech, high morals, passions, ideas and points that where to be made.
I can see sides to both forms; contemporary art needs to be thought about and quite often explained to the viewer, whereas less contemporary work seems to tell stories or you can see quite easily what's going on and you can also read in to it more or less. Work at the moment has become more elitist and for certain people to look at and understand. This is a bit like the old perceptions of art for the rich and royalty and less like art for the masses. This seemed to happen in the 60’s and 70’s with pop art and people like Andy Warhol.
The seventies was a good era for art as with the freedom of speech, high morals, passions, ideas and points that where to be made.
posted by em | 10:55 am
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