Re:Christo has died
by serf on Sunday May 31, 2020 @08:18PM
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>These are multi-ton plastic monuments to some guys ego.
i've found that part of appreciating art is separating the aesthetic value from the worldly reasoning.
in other words : lots of art can be viewed as a waste of resources -- there is no intrinsic value other than what others assign to it. The (real) non-monetary value lies in the interpretation and aesthetic value the art itself achieves, not in the comparison and measure of how efficiently it achieved that aesthetic versus currency spent.
Foil wrapped buildings and waterways that many can walk across are aesthetically interesting in our society because those particular views are rare or non-existent. Other-worldly.
The value is in the novelty of having the opportunity to see something totally unlike the known world that you've already experienced.
After all that : art is still subjective. Maybe his works just won't ever click for you -- that's okay. Support the art that you might enjoy in the future by supporting artists as a valid work of life as a whole, regardless of ones' tastes.
i've found that part of appreciating art is separating the aesthetic value from the worldly reasoning.
in other words : lots of art can be viewed as a waste of resources -- there is no intrinsic value other than what others assign to it. The (real) non-monetary value lies in the interpretation and aesthetic value the art itself achieves, not in the comparison and measure of how efficiently it achieved that aesthetic versus currency spent.
Foil wrapped buildings and waterways that many can walk across are aesthetically interesting in our society because those particular views are rare or non-existent. Other-worldly.
The value is in the novelty of having the opportunity to see something totally unlike the known world that you've already experienced.
After all that : art is still subjective. Maybe his works just won't ever click for you -- that's okay. Support the art that you might enjoy in the future by supporting artists as a valid work of life as a whole, regardless of ones' tastes.