[JackFr]

> Looking at a crushed up car upturned on its side in the MAMAC at Nice was far more interesting and engaging than seeing 100 Baroque oil paintings.

I couldn’t disagree more, but as it’s said, there is no accounting for taste. My problem - and I get that it’s my problem - is that I don’t see the crushed up car as art. It’s a gimmick, a sideshow, a lark.

Within the visual arts I want to see something which both demonstrates the mastery of a technique and captures the artist’s understanding of the world, the human condition, etc. With the crushed up car, if I squint my eyes I get the second part, but as to the first part, the only mastery I see displayed is hucksterism.

[bowsamic]

I’ve never found my enjoyment of art to be related to the mastery put into it. In fact I generally enjoy art more if I know it was made quickly and easily. I think it’s boring to become a masterful artist, compared to having less skill and “accidentally” making something engaging. I have no interest in technique or mastery, it is a turnoff for me, and it’s boring