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FeaturesJune 2007 Why the art world is a disaster On a visit to Bard College in the Hudson Valley.
It is now that we begin to encounter the fevered quest for
novelty at any price, it is now that we see insincere and
superficial cynicism and deliberate conscious bluff; we meet,
in a word, the calculated exploitation of this art as a
means of destroying all order. The mercenary swindle
multiplies a hundredfold, as does the deceit of men themselves
deceived and the brazen self-portraiture of vileness.
—Hans Sedlmayr, Art in Crisis Some of what she said was technical, and you would have had to be a welder to appreciate it; the rest was aesthetic or generally philosophical, and to appreciate it you would have had to be an imbecile. —Randall Jarrell, Pictures from an Institution Last month, a friend telephoned and urged me to travel to Bard College to see “Wrestle,” the inaugural exhibition mounted to celebrate the opening of ... This article is available to subscribers and for individual purchaseSubscribe to TNC (Print and Online editions) Subscribe to TNC (Online only) This article originally appeared in The New Criterion, Volume 25 June 2007, on page 4 Copyright © 2008 The New Criterion | www.newcriterion.com http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/why-the-art-world-is-a-disaster-3178
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