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Also, just because it deserves a mention, HOLY FUCK WORST APOSTROPHE MISTAKE EVER
EDIT: Googling the guy out of trainwreck syndrome. Seems like he's made a bit of a name for himself. And the more I read, the less I like.
Nevermind the art thief issue for now, but let's just consider what we could presume to be original material. My gripe is much simpler: Todd Goldman represents and fosters everything that I find degenerate about Western civilization.
( First off, a very simple four-part theory of good art. )
( And now, its application to Goldman. )
I do not deny that people find entertainment value in the pictures; Goldman has received a good deal of money and publicity for his works and to dismiss the demand as stupidity would be to fall into that very trap of cynicism the promotion of which I find his (and others') work disturbing.
One thing remains to be clarified. By this harsh criticism of Goldman's work I do not mean to refer solely to Goldman's work alone. Far from it. I've seen (and done) this kind of thing for years, and after the novelty of "attitude" wore off the problems and grievances I've expressed in this post had been sitting and building up in the back of my mind for quite some time. I had better things to do, naturally, and didn't bother to go further; today's sudden distraction, however, got me thinking about it again, and the work I've seen just happened to serve as a near perfect example of why so much of what passes for art has become utterly irrelevant in the past couple decades.
Also, just because it deserves a mention, HOLY FUCK WORST APOSTROPHE MISTAKE EVER
EDIT: Googling the guy out of trainwreck syndrome. Seems like he's made a bit of a name for himself. And the more I read, the less I like.
Nevermind the art thief issue for now, but let's just consider what we could presume to be original material. My gripe is much simpler: Todd Goldman represents and fosters everything that I find degenerate about Western civilization.
( First off, a very simple four-part theory of good art. )
( And now, its application to Goldman. )
I do not deny that people find entertainment value in the pictures; Goldman has received a good deal of money and publicity for his works and to dismiss the demand as stupidity would be to fall into that very trap of cynicism the promotion of which I find his (and others') work disturbing.
One thing remains to be clarified. By this harsh criticism of Goldman's work I do not mean to refer solely to Goldman's work alone. Far from it. I've seen (and done) this kind of thing for years, and after the novelty of "attitude" wore off the problems and grievances I've expressed in this post had been sitting and building up in the back of my mind for quite some time. I had better things to do, naturally, and didn't bother to go further; today's sudden distraction, however, got me thinking about it again, and the work I've seen just happened to serve as a near perfect example of why so much of what passes for art has become utterly irrelevant in the past couple decades.