Bullshit is a part of the conversations about art as it is about any creative endeavor that puts news ideas into the world. To me, bullshit relative to art takes a number of forms in the contemporary world.
Auctions that turn art into status commodities that the rich can lock away are bullshit. Art placed as a backdrop in commercials and dramas for pure ambience is bullshit. Making art the excuse for a social gathering is bullshit. Talking about art that one has not carefully looked at is bullshit. Not expecting the most from art that it can give is bullshit. Writing about art so that the writer becomes more important than the art is bullshit. For TV news and talk shows to ignore art is bullshit.
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