Modern art isn’t bad!! [art history]

“I HATE MODERN ART>:(” is probably something you have heard at least once on the internet, but have you ever wondered where this hatred stemmed? In this blog, I will talk about the history of modern art and why people believe it isn’t real art.

Firstly, what is modern art? Contrary to popular belief, modern art is used to describe the era from the 1860s to the 1970s. Think artists like Vincent van Gough (who painted The Starry Night), Paul Cézanne (known for Mont Sainte-Victoire), and Claude Monet (famous for In the Garden). The modern art era includes many movements, such as realism, impressionism, post-impressionism, symbolism, and the list goes on. Artists began challenging what values art, they started to use different materials and techniques, this led to artists leaning away from pieces with representational and narrative backgrounds. (quick note, researching for this was quite frustrating as sites would call modern art the controversial pieces people are upset about now, I'll get into that later)

 In the beginning art critics were sceptical about the abstractism of the pieces, for example in the early 20th century when Picasso and Braque led the cubism movement, critics were left confused. Many art pieces were often disliked by the general public due to people not understanding the idea of the movement behind it. However, artists usually supported each other, though not all modern art pieces were hated and many artists gained recognition for their work. As time went on people grew accustomed to these movements, and are now historical pivot points in art and culture as we know it.

If not modern art, what is it? The movement of modern art can be quite confusing as when we think of the word modern we think of the present, but we are actually living in the era of contemporary art. The contemporary art era takes place in the end of the 20th century and in the 21st century. Currently, living in a world that is constantly changing and advancing,

It is distinguished by its non-uniform and eclectic approach to artistic expression. This is what people hate about this movement, it isn't necessarily pleasing to the eye, and on a surface level, lacks meaning and explanation. People believe for art to be valuable it needs to either look visually pleasing, have some “simple” easy-to-read meaning behind it, or for it to be done with complex techniques. So what I'm saying is, art is more than what a singular person can value it, what I think is okay you can think it's absolutely amazing.

Thank you to anyone who took the time to read this little blog about art history :3 I had a blast writing this!!! Hope you learned something and understand a bit more of what modern art really is!! Okay bye sillies !!!!! <3

(Also this is like my first structured blog and I’m not sure how to code the layout so sorry!)