Ny Times Film Review Blurred Lines Inside the Art World
The Crazy Hazy Fine art Globe
This documentary is a real center-opener for those unfamiliar with the ridiculous marketing of the art world occurring around the world. The documentary itself is well well done. It does what a documentary should, it teaches you something in depth about a topic. The use of humor was much appreciated because most of us do meet the insanity of how egos and money proliferate in the art earth (which actually takes away from the art itself). Watching Blurred Lines, you will see the shallowness of the fine art world, how quickly information technology all means admittedly nothing - how a slice of "art" can disappear along with the artist , and what a terrible waste product of money that can exist amend used elsewhere in humanity.
The astronomical prices and lack of disclosure verges on illegal. In fact, in near other areas of consumerism, the marketing and selling practices of the products that keep today in the art earth would be downright illegal anywhere else. I feel bad, in some respects for the artists. Then again, some contemporary artists are making a killing on selling their "fine art". Only, really, these lucky few will exist very, very few and far betwixt. There's a lot of artists out at that place that never get in, and have amazing artistic talent.
For most of u.s., thankfully, nosotros never volition be a part of this shallow world (non the creation of fine art or the artist themselves, but the marketing world of art and turning art into a "Vogue" experience). For those participating in this world, its refreshing to hear them come frontward - giving their honest and realistic first mitt experiences admitting the shallowness & insanity that has come to be in the art world. Even they are dumbfounded, dare I say embarrassed, by the complete absurdity of it all.
If you are into art, this documentary may be very informative and eye-opening and I would encourage yous to watch this. Otherwise, for people like me, it's a phony world, full of phony egos, full of money being wasted in order to feel "avant garde" (Hey Everyone! Wait At Me!!!), & full of questionable "art". It's nice to know in my world, my peers, my business concern associates, I'll never accept to deal with such a superficial and ridiculous phony surroundings to experience of value in life.
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A review of the kickoff 30 mins
...because xxx mins was all I could have. Don't get me wrong; this is a very well-made documentary. Visuals are eye-catching, music is engaging, interviews are poignant, and the content is informative. It's the subject field matter that's and then damn depressing I literally had to close this off and go play with my dog for an hour.
If you're an artist, I guarantee that this documentary (at to the lowest degree the get-go thirty mins, and the rest seems to be more of the aforementioned according to other reviewers) will make you either depressed or angry. Or both. Deprangry. Certainly frustrated & unmotivated if not creatively devastated. This documentary gives united states of america a behind-the-scenes peek at how contemporary art has been perverted into a commercial freakshow. Without pause, nosotros get a parade of self-of import characters, curators, critics and kibitzers all worshipping the almighty art-dollar. Sure, nosotros could have guessed this from the plot summary. Just, like the plot summary of "Man Centipede", words can't set up you for the ordeal you're nearly to endure.
Even if y'all're not an artist, you may find yourself philosophically sickened past the ringmasters who brand gobs of money off of creativity, the simply existent man gift we take to offer the universe. Especially upsetting was the segment dedicated to (I forgot his name and wouldn't even bother to type it if I remembered) a daze artist with an ego equally big equally Mars, who when asked nigh his ego childishly fires back at the interviewer "no YOU have a big ego!", whose art consists of dead, decaying and dying animals nether drinking glass fetching millions of dollars from clueless celebrities who want to purchase into a rising stock. He sits there with such a pompous air in his $fifty,000 conform patting himself on the back, similar he is gaming the system which he is--at the expense of true fine art.
The one failure of this documentary is that information technology didn't take plenty satirical sense of humor to keep the viewer from sticking her head in the oven. In that location was ane nicely used clip, from the Woody Allen film "Play It Again Sam" that injects the perfect dose of sarcastic comedy, and I wish there were more than of those interludes. Perhaps in that location are later in the documentary, but 30 mins is my tolerance for pain. Lookout this documentary at your own risk. It is constructive. It is painful. Keep your dog close at hand so you can stay sane.
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Art for Money'due south Sake
1/9/eighteen. A decent inside look into the moneyed world of Fine art. It's ironic that the artists who create the works usually spend years in poverty, and some even a lifetime, but others manage to make lots of money off them. Yes, a whole industry devoted on monetizing creativity.
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A Solid Take for Beginners
Sarah Thornton wrote a book called Seven Days in the Fine art World, and this picture show pretty much follows the trajectory of that book. The film looks at the various players in the art globe whom nosotros don't normally think of every bit entities that are interrelated -- merely of grade they are: museums, galleries, collectors, auction houses, artists themselves. I've read Thornton's book -- she likewise appears in this motion-picture show -- and I enjoyed both it and this film. Yes, certainly, in that location are things you lot may know (eg., much modern art is all about its value every bit upper-case letter), but the points fabricated virtually such capital, pro and con, are played out on the screen without heavy disapprobation; the film simply points out things as they are and get you to call back on them.
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I Trick Pony
On paper this seems similar a good idea for a documentary. Unfortunately it'southward truly a one shot pony.
Lxxx five minutes drumming the same story into our heads -- fine art is nearly money.
Wow. Some revelation.
And who cares? If super rich elitists who voted for Obama want to spend absurd sums of money on this stuff, let em.
The motion picture is ho-hum by the time to y'all get thru the opening credits
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Regulate the fine art earth? Recipe for disaster!
I found this documentary about the current land of the hyper-capitalized fine art globe fairly worthwhile. Certain, i knew a lot of what was said but there were some eye-opening parts, such equally the surprising number of people who announced to call back that fine fine art should be regulated by the government. That merely sounds like a recipe for disaster. Of grade, the merely reason why they are saying this is considering the magnitude of coin at stake invites shysters and con artists of all stripes and turns successful artists themselves into con artists of sorts. The argument is supposed to exist that this pluto-oligarchic structure crushes the petty guy, the creative person without a gallery and with no hope of gaining any recognition.
That strikes me as a non sequitur. Offset of all, anyone currently famous began as someone completely unknown, and so they had to be discovered within the system as well. In reality, genuine artists cannot exist destroyed by even the daunting dynamics of the contemporary business of art. They will keep to paint in their ateliers (or no-bedroom shacks) and create what they feel compelled to create. Some of them will exist discovered posthumously, and others non fifty-fifty and so, but the value of what they produce is in no style compromised past the fact that they die in a state of poverty and relative anonymity. Art has ever been like that. Call back Vincent van Gogh?
The concluding affair the globe needs is some sort of ueber government committee deciding what can and cannot be done with fine fine art. Is information technology fair that Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons are filthy rich, while possibly meliorate artists, who are less savvy self-promoters and marketers, are ignored? Is it fair that some people bask ridiculously high salaries for throwing a brawl through a hoop while others earn a pittance for flipping burgers at fast-nutrient restaurants? This is the earth in which we live. The lucky ones (are they non the true artists?) find a way to avoid thorough cooption by the system--by all ways necessary. Others simply sell their souls. But it is not the regime´s role to care for people´s souls.
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