Bruce Pollack, a contemporary abstract artist I like a lot.
He appears to be an example of what I called a “good” modern artist, which is to say, he’s still worse that just about all pre-20th century western art.
I’m pretty sure he wasn’t saying that; he’s saying that prior to the 20′th century and the advent of “Modern Art,” hardly anybody was making art that he considers as poor as the works of even those he considers to be the best participating in the genre of Modern Art, which is not the same thing as the works of all artists who produce art in the present day.
He appears to be an example of what I called a “good” modern artist, which is to say, he’s still worse that just about all pre-20th century western art.
Wait. Huh? Pre 20th century? What about
Nikolai Fechin
Frank Frazetta
Andrew Jones
Geoffrey Mimms
James Gurney
There are lots of guys making art these days. You really don’t like any of them?
I’m pretty sure he wasn’t saying that; he’s saying that prior to the 20′th century and the advent of “Modern Art,” hardly anybody was making art that he considers as poor as the works of even those he considers to be the best participating in the genre of Modern Art, which is not the same thing as the works of all artists who produce art in the present day.
What Desrtopa said.