Wait a minute…
Posted by ben on 18 Nov 2007 at 12:33 pm | Tagged as: art paparazzi, video/film
Is Damien Hirst working on the new Indiana Jones movie? Or is this some stunt by Saatchi to make sure everyone knows that crystal skulls are hot?
Posted by ben on 18 Nov 2007 at 12:33 pm | Tagged as: art paparazzi, video/film
Is Damien Hirst working on the new Indiana Jones movie? Or is this some stunt by Saatchi to make sure everyone knows that crystal skulls are hot?
I am Star Wars today.
Tom is definitely on to something. The myth that art is a window into the artist’s inner workings, their subjectivity, the magical key to their soul, propels this morbid fascination with the art of sociopaths. Guess what? High school boys LOVE to read books about Hitler. They can’t contextualize the historical Hitler, but the uniforms, the architecture, the violence and power and pageantry draw them in. Creativity in and of itself has no moral value, even though many artists still romanticize the act of making.
there is still a role for emotionally articulate art that has something important to say about the poignancy and tragedy of the human condition