For the first time, I decided to buy a book because of a sentence on the inside cover.
To Chinese young readers:
Is modern art difficult? No. Although adults often find it difficult, you may not necessarily find it so. With the easy explanations in this book, you will definitely be able to surpass the adults who are only good at language and mathematics!
Serge Bloch
Indeed, as an adult, I cannot answer well what modern art is. To put it bluntly, it is art that is abstract, incomprehensible, and not even beautiful! Answering like this makes me look very out of date, and I have a sense of shame that I don't understand art.
Well, I will take this opportunity to read this book "What is Modern Art?" which is highly recommended by "Publishers Weekly", "New York Times Book Review" and " Wall Street Journal ". ", to improve your appreciation of "modern art".
There is no precise definition of art. Generally speaking, it is an activity that includes skills, craftsmanship, and aesthetics. The divisions of art are also diverse and increasingly complex.
1. Based on the existence mode , it can be divided into space art , time art and space and time art .
2. Based on perception method , it can be divided into visual art , auditory art , audiovisual art , imaginary art .
In addition, it can also be divided according to different standards such as creation method , display method , materials and techniques .
"Modern Art" is a division method based on time range, which generally refers to art created between 1850 and 1950. The art that appeared after 1960 is called "contemporary art".
Compared with classical art, modern art breaks the compliance with norms; it breaks the boundaries between art and life.
Modern art is good at introducing all elements in life, even making it difficult for people to distinguish between art and non-art.
When faced with a modern work of art, we often cannot help but fall into philosophical thinking about "What is art?"
The Pompidou Center in Paris - the palace of modern art, has a collection of more than 100,000 pieces of modern art.
Among them are the "Sleeping Muse " by Brancusi who likes to use different materials to make sleeping heads; and the "Slave Auction" created by Basquiat who doesn't like to explain; both look like a pile of There is an oil painting by Robert Delaunay called "Pig's Carousel", and there is also "ANT76", a painting of a woman whose body is covered with paint, twisting on the canvas like Klein.
To be honest, I try to understand some of these works, but I still cannot appreciate the beauty of the "art" in them. Perhaps this also objectively confirms the fact that I am poor in artistic ability.
But aside from these, this book on the history of modern art really opened my eyes. I saw the works of famous modern artists, and I also understood the creative process and artistic expression of the works through the text like listening to the tour guide's explanation.
especially likes the "Timeline" summarized at the end of the book, which connects artistic development with current events, allowing readers to better understand the impact of the general environment on artistic creation.
Maybe I can also try to create a "fake modern art" creation, such as using used ballpoint pen refills to make a picture.
