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Any serious "trends" in Art/Literature today?
Posted by Rivy • 10/20/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: art, literature, trends
When I came to early manhood at the beginning of the 1960s - art movements was what it was all about. We'd had the "Lost Generation" in literature and now the "Beat Generation" was hot.
In visual arts, Action Painting, Abstract Expressionism was the topic of the day. Both cultural and national press. Kerouac. Pollack. etc. etc. "The Great American Novel" - the next "Picasso" - quests for one and all involved in the arts. Even in the movies, film noir became fuel for serious criticism.
What happened? Warhol. Yes. His more than 30 minutes of fame. But since...?
Graffiti "art" briefly captured attention. But today? The only artists getting much attention are Crumb, Spiegelman ... and the rise of graphic novels to NY Times Book Review covers.
What now? Any ideas? Thoughts.
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I've seen quite a bit of fantasy surrealism work lately that has been interesting, if leaning toward the darkly Gothic.
Me, I'm actually quite interested in art from a good hundred years ago-- the Pre-Raphaelites and their descendants. So I probably shouldn't open my big mouth on trends.
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I am not sure whether it is a trend but Antony Gormley recently caused ructions in the art world with his One & Other project.
Antony Gormley
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Gormley
One&Other
www.oneandother.co.uk/about
Basically for 2,400 participants representing every region of the UK each spend an hour alone on the empty plinth in Trafalgar Square for 100 days and nights, creating living artwork. -
In the UK I have also noticed a trend in 'Big Art'
Which are large pieces of Art, in areas that are in need of regeneration and/or redevelopment.
The Dream is a piece of Big Art near me www.dreamsthelens.com/home.html-
Claire-what do you think of Damien Hirst? I think some of his work is pretty interesting.
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I wouldn't say that I was a fan of his formaldehyde work, as I would rather go to the Natural History museum to see things like that, but I find him a very interesting man.
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Same here. His ideas and attitudes interest me more than his work.
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Grafiti art is still VERY much alive, as is photography especially celebrity photography. I think the most interesting twist in art these days in how much fashion has become an art form over the past 4 or 5 years more so than ever.-
Graffiti / Fashion combined...how about that? If so I could be "cutting edge". (grin) For the past three summers or so I've bought a plain white baseball-style cap, and with oil pastels using the 3 primary colors, write "A. R. T." Often people I encounter take a second look and occasionally one will ask, "Uh...is your name 'Art'?"
I reply, "No...it means I am a Walking Piece of Art." Life's little pleasures. I enjoy them.
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The Dadaists:::::::::::“It’s not Dada that is nonsense—but the essence of our age that is nonsense.”-
I've mentioned the Fluxus group before. They're an offshoot of Dada via John Cage.
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George Maciunas was a genuis! The Fluxus Year Boxes always amazed me.
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I've noticed a lot of 80's retro in youth fashion. Maybe it's from my generation entering the workforce and revisiting our own youth.-
I'm hoping for 40's retro. A friend bought me a New Yorker fedora last Christmas (in my second childhood I enjoy being Rivy Noir during the fall and winter.) Interestingly, several young people (I live in a University town) will comment on the hat. Like it. Ask where I got it. "I want one like that," a few say. Even a couple of high school students have inquired. I tell 'em if they wanna be "super cool" they should try it out. (smile)
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upcycling and the use of vintage prints and images is a popular trend seen among melbourne designers.
everyone is out scavenging through op shops to create that "new" look, not just with fashion, but collage and print too. -
Hmmm, there a lot of frauds around, and no greater fraud than Damien Hirst, whose latest exhibition in London has been mauled by the critics, who seem to have finally realised that the emperor really does have no clothes. :-)) -
As you said Graphic Novels are becoming big in art in both the comics themselves, in movies for sure, and even crossing into TV. It's hard to say what's going to become popular but I have seen a retro movement, as well as a Steampunk increase. However I don't see either of them being super big hits.
On a side not if you want to see some a WIDE rang of different art from armatures to pros you should go over to www.deviantart.com
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