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by gammateam 2825 days ago
> “The beginnings of Dada were not the beginnings of art, but of disgust.” Disumbrationism was undoubtedly born from the same sentiment.

This seems to be the sentiment of practically every art movement.

If you've seen the Pre-Raphealites exhibit at San Francisco's Museum of Honor, they were basically disgusted with the praise over Michealangelo's muscle people. Why is baby Jesus a Super Saiyan that just completed P90X? One might ask, valid arguments

Art critics are both too gullible and too comfortable in their elitism. Rinse repeat.